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BUUEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOCV 



RHYTHMIC ANALYSIS — Continued 



Table 17a.— CHANGE OF TIME (MEASURE-LENGTHS) 



[bull. 61 



Table 18a.— RHYTHM OF DRUM 2 



Sixteenth notes imac- 

 cented 



Eighth notes imac- 

 cented 



Quarter notes unac- 

 cented 



Half notes unac- 

 cented 



E igh th notes accented 

 in groups of two . . . 



Each beat preceded 

 by an imaccented 

 beat corresponding 

 to third count of 

 triplet 



E ach beat followed by 

 an unaccented beat 

 corresponding to 

 second count of trip- 

 let 



Each beat preceded 

 by an unaccented 

 beat corresponding 

 to fourth count of 

 group of four six- 

 teenth notes •■' 



Drum not recorded ' . . 



Total 



Chippewa songs. 



Sioux songs re- 

 corded by Chip- 

 pewa-. 



Number. Percent. Niunber. Percent 



14 



116 



340 



20 



30 



Sioux songs 



Number. Per cent 



'i'olul. 



Number. Per cent 



113 



56 



14 

 234 



600 



1 Excluded in computing percentage. 



2 Examples of these rhythms are cited on p. 19, in footnote. 

 ' See BuUetin 53, p. 240, 



