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rhythm is of special interest, as the song contains tliree rhythmic 

 miits, every tone in the melody being comprised in tlieso units. 



No. 130. "Adventures I Seek' 



Sung by Two Shields 



(Catalogue No. 523) 



Voice Jr=96 

 Drum J-_ 96 

 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 



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^ . rj' r LT I ^ -^g^^B ^r^^ l ^ ^^g^H 



maka' sito^mniyaij in all lands 



wido^ag adventures 



owa^le I seek 



he hence 



iyo'tiyekiya oma''wani amid hardships I have walked 



Analysis. — This is a particularly interesting example of a song 

 which is harmonic in structure and based on the fourth five-toned 

 scale. At the opening of the song the tonic chord appears in the 

 upper octave and there is a descent through the submediant to the 

 tonic chord in the lower octave. An ascent of 12 tones is accom- 

 plished in two progressions, and the melody, with the introduction 

 of the words, returns to the tonic chord in tlie upper octave, descend- 

 ing, as before, through G to the tonic chord in the lower octave, 

 ending on the tonic. Though the song is so regular in melodic form 



