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TETOX STOUX MUSIC 



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Voice J =96 

 Drum not recorded 



No. 92. Sitting Bull's Medicine Song (b) (Catalogue No. 655) 

 Sung by One Buffalo 



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To - pa ki - ya ko - la ri - wa - kaij nui] - we 



to - pa - ki- 



ye - lo e - he - cui] to - pa ki - ya 



ko - la ni - wa -kai] nmj 



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to - pa - ki 



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ko - la ni - wa - kaij nuij - we 



to'pa ki'ya in four places 



kola'' friend 



ni^wakag nugwe^ may you be sacred 



tuwe^ni wakag^ ^ni yelo' no one is sacred 



ehe^cug you said 



to'pa ki^ya in four places 



kola^ friend 



ni^wakag nugwe^ may you be sacred 



Analysis. — This melody contains 23 measures, ])iit only 11 progres- 

 sions, 6 of which are downward and 5 upward. It has a compass of 

 onh^ 6 tones. Among 340 Chippewa songs 7 per cent have a compass 

 of 6 or fewer tones, and m the present series 5 per cent have this range. 

 The rhythmic unit is long and interesting, having a completeness 

 which is frequently lacking in these units. Tlie melody tones are 

 those of the fourth five-toned scale. Tlie tonic chord is clearly felt 

 throughout the melody, which would be classified as harmonic in 

 structure except for the accented C, occurring once in the song. 



