DENSMORE] 



TETON STOTIX MUSIC 



297 



Analysis. — The first four measures of tliis song are based on the 



tonic chord. Among both Chippewa and Sioux it is unusual for the 



tonic chord to be given out at the opening of a song. In the present 



instance these measures serve as an introduction to the performance 



of the song, being sung only once while the repeated part was sung 



six times without a break in the tempo. Tlie high tones in this song, 



especially the accented tones, were given with a sharp attack, which 



began sHghtly above the tone and immediately descended to it. 



This was a mannerism of the singer impossible to indicate in notation. 



An augmented second is found in the song and this, as well as the 



minor second, was given with particularly good intonation. An 



augmented second occurs also in songs Nos. 63 and 225. This song 



contains the tones of the fourth five-toned scale and is melodic in 



structure. Only two intervals larger than a minor third appear in 



the song 



No. 107. "An Elk Am I" (Catalogue No. 622) 



Sung by Wi^yaka-wai^zi'la (One Feather) 



Voice J— 126 

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WORDS 



heha^ka wag an elk 



miye^ yelo' am I 



nake''norila (a) short life 



waoi) ' w<'lo' I am living 



