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[BULL. 61 



No. 33. Dancing Song^ (e) 



Sung by 6iya''ka 

 Voice J = 1 76 

 Drum J =176 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 

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Analysis. — ^This melody is transcribed in the key of D minor, but 

 in the opening phrases and also near the close of the song there is a 

 feeling of "interval formation" which is stronger than the feeling for 

 a keynote or its related chords. These parts of the song are based on 

 the descending interval of a 'fourth. (See p. 418 of tliis work, also 

 Bulletin 53, p. 99.) Two rhythmic units occur in the song, the second 

 reversing the count-divisions of the first. The drumbeat in this, as in 

 the preceding song, is a rapid tremolo during the opening measures, 

 changing to the rhythm indicated in the transcription. About 45 

 per cent of the intervals are major seconds. 



