Tabulated Analysis of 600 Indian Songs (Chippewa and Sioux) 



MELODIC analysis 



Table 1a.— TONALITY i 



1 Since we are considering music of a period in which what we now designate scales and keys was not 

 formulated, the terms " major tonality " and "minor tonality "are used in preference to the common terms 

 "major key'' and "minor key." (See p. 12.) 



2 See Bulletin 53, pp. l.S-33. 



3 The songs comprised in this group are those of the Drum-presentation ceremony, analyzed on pp. 

 1,S1-1S3 of Bulletin 53. 



Table 2a.— FIRST NOTE OF SONG— ITS RELATION TO KEYNOTE 



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