DEXsMom:] TETOjST SIOUX MUSIC 283 



Old Songs — (4) Songs Used in Treatment of the Sich — Continued 



Rhythmic Analysis — Continued 



COMPARISON OF METRIC UNIT OF VOICE AND DRUM (TEMPO) 



Number 

 of songs. 



Serial Nos. of songs. 



Drum and voice having the same metric unit 



Drum faster than voice 



Drum slower than voice 



Drum not recorded ,. . . . 



Total 



SO 



93 



79,94 



81, S2, S3, 84, 85, 8G, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92 



PLOTS OF SOXGS USED IN TREATMENT OF THE SICK 



Among the plots selected from those of the preceding group may 

 be noted three which resemble Class A (see fig. 19) but contain 

 ascending progressions; these are Nos. 79, 86, and 91. Examples 



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m 



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ii 



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No. 79 



No. 86 



No. 91 



No. SU 



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No. 81 



No. 93 



Fig. 28. Plots, Group 4. 



of Class C are shown in Nos. 80 and 81, the recurrence and dwelling 

 on the keynote suggesting the confidence wliich the medicine-man 

 felt in his own power and which he wished to impress on the mind 

 of his patient. The outline of song No. 93 suggests Class C in its 

 repeated tones but bears also a resemblance to Class D. The title 

 of this song is "A wind from the north." 



