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Analysis. — In many songs the rliythmic unit is merely a short 

 phrase which lacks completeness in itself, ])ut which appears fre- 

 quently throughout the melody and influences the rhythmic divi- 

 sions of the entire melody. The song now unth^r analysis, how- 

 ever, contains a rhythmic unit which is complete in itself, and which 

 was sung with a distinct "phrase perception." Repetitions of this 

 unit constitute the entire song except the closing measure. The 

 melody tones are those of the fourth five-toned scale. The only 

 intervals here found are the major second and minor third. De- 

 scending intervals comprise about two-thirds of the entire number. 



The songs of the hours of dancing are peculiarly rhythmic, the 

 following being examples. These songs were not used exclusively 

 in tlie Sun dance, some of them being songs of the various War 

 societies. 



No. 26. "Wakag^taijka Hears Me" (Catalogue No. 483) 



Sung by Lone Man 

 Voice J=:88 

 Dkum J - 88 

 Drum -rhythm similar to No. 6 



(1) 



Wa-kai] - taij - ka ca wa - ki - ya caij - na na-ma - hoij e 



ta-ku wa§-te ma-ku we-lo 



Wakai)''tagka Wakag^tagka 



6a. wa^kiya dag^na when I pray to him 



nama^liog e heard me 



ta^ku wa^te'' whatever is good 



maku^ welo^ he grants me 



