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MELODIC ANALYSIS COIltillUed 



Table 13a.— AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN AN INTERVAL 



Nunil)cr of 

 songs. 



Numl)er of 

 intervals. 



Number of 

 semitones. 



Average 



number of 



semitones 



in an 



interval. 



Chippewa songs 



Sioux songs of Dnmi-presenlation ceremony, recorded 



by Chippewa 



Old Sioux songs 



Comparatively modem Sioux songs 



Total 



20 

 147 

 93 



S, 28ti 



5-11 

 4, 4 If) 

 2,880 



16, 155 



25,701 



1,.592 

 12,864 

 8,558 



48,805 



3.1 



2.93 

 2.89 

 2.97 



3.02 



Table 14a.— KEY 



Chippewa songs. 



Number. Per cent 



Sioux songs re- 

 corded by Chip- 

 pewa. 



Number. Per cent. 



Sioux songs. 



Number. Per cent. 



Total. 



Number. Per cent 



Key of I— 



A major 



A minor 



B flat major 



B flat minor 



B major 



B minor 



C major 



C major 



D flat major 



C sharp minor . . . 



D major 



D minor 



E flat major 



E flat minor 



E major 



V. minor 



F major 



F minor 



G fiat major 



F sharp major. . . 



F sharp minor. . . 



G major 



G minor 



A fiat major 



G sharp minor . . , 

 Beginning major, end 



ing minor 



Beginning minor, 



ending major 



Irregular 



Total. 



340 



240 



600 



1 The term "key" is here used in its broad sense, as applicable to nonharmonic music, inclusive of modes. 



