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prolonged cries or calls. In one of these instances the drum was 

 continued, and in the other it was silent. The usual custom is for 

 the drumbeat to be continued during these cries or calls. 



In the following song the stone addresses its owner as ''grand- 

 father": 



No. 70. "I Am Required to Roam" (Catalogue No. 668) 



Sung by Gkay Whirlwind 

 Voice J._69 

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 Druiu-rliythm siruilur lo No. 19 



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tuQka^sila grandfather 



mako^de kii) '■ the world 



iye^kiya observing 



ma^ni roaming 



ma^^i ye ( this") I am required (to do) 



Analysis. — This is one of the songs in which a single change in the 

 time seems to give a certain "swing" to the entire rhythm of the 

 song. This rhythmic peculiarity was frequently observed among the 

 Chippewa songs. Thus, in two of three renditions of this song the 

 fourth measure was sung as transcribed, while in the other j-endition 

 an additional measure was inserted, the fiirst two counts of the fourth 

 measure forming a measure in double time, followed by B flat (final 

 count of the fourth measure) prolonged into a triple measure. An 

 additional measure does not seem to trouble an Indian singer, as 

 the form of a song as a whole seems to be less defmite among Indians 

 than among musicians of the w^hite race. 



Tliis melody is major in tonahty and harmonic in structure. The 

 tonic triad forms the framework of the first four measures, after 

 which the descending minor third B-G sharp appears, the song closing 

 with a descent to the third of the key. This melodic outline is 

 unusual and interesting. The opening of the song has force and 

 definiteness, and the prominence of the fourth in the latter portion 



