TETOlsr SIOUX MUSIC 



No. 94. "May This be the Day' 



Sung by Two Shields 



277 

 (Catalogue No. 540) 



Voice 

 Drum 



: 176 

 132 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 



Ai]-pe - tu mi - ta-wa koq le 



fc-^H^ 



-•- -•- -^-. 



tu nuq - we 



-<S2 . 



aq-pe-tu 



^ 



'^- 



t- 



:4: 



mi - ta - wa koq le - tu nui) - we 



wa - zi - ya - ta 



P^ 



H=2- 



^*= 



:^ 



^ 



ta - te u - ye ciq aq - pe - tu mi - ta - wa koq le 



^jyig-^ 



=£=P^4: 



±=± 



_^__^^. 



tu nui] - we 



aq - pe - tu mi - ta - wa koq le 



9zSg%a-=- 



m. 



»^ 



V-- 



:Sb 



- ^ > ^ d ^- 



4: 



tu miq -we aq-pe - tu mi - ta-wa koq le - tu nuq ■ 



P^fe3 



't-^^^ 



± 



-S — m d i 7^ 



333: 



-<s^ 



^3E 



:4=» 



I 



aq-pe-tu mi - ta-wa koq le 



tu nuq- we 



agpe^tu mitaVa koq le^tu may this be the day which I considered 



nuqwe^ mine 



wazi^yata : from the north 



tate' uye^ dig the wind is blowing 



aqpe'tu mita'wa koq le'tu may this be the day which I considered 



nuq we' mine 



Analysis. — In this song voice and drum are entirely independent 

 in tempo, the drum beating unaccented eighths in a tempo J = 132, 

 while the tempo of the voice is J = 176. Both are steadily main- 

 tained. The song is distinguished by the number of major seconds it 

 contains, this interval forming 16 per cent of the progressions. The 

 melody has a compass of 10 tones and is on the fourth five-toned scale. 

 The rhythmic unit is interesting and is continuously repeated. Three 

 4840°— Bull. 61—18 20 



