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except ion of ihnw iisocndiiifj; fourths all the nmiainnij]^ intervals are 

 major and minor tliirds. The melody tones are those of the fourth 

 five-toned scale, hut the tonic is not prominent, the song beginning 

 and ending on the third. Tlie m<4ody is liarmonic in structure. 

 Three renditions were recorded; tliese show no points of difference. 

 Concerning a change in tempo see song No, 5. 

 See plot of this melody on page 419. 



No narrative was given regarding // of this drawing (pi. 70), Swift 

 Dog simply stathig that he and his brother-in-law went after horses 

 and each secured three, the following song being sung: 



No. 175. "Two War Parties" 



Sung by Switt Dor, 



(Catalogue No. 588) 



Voice J— 54 

 T)klm not recorded 



^^ 



g* 



-^ — 0- 



^ — ^ 



^-m F— K- F • F m- 



ya nom-la - la 



^w=4 



-m 0- 



it: 



S=t 



f— f-f±^ 



ma - wa - ni ye - lo mi 

 -0—0- 



ye Siuj-ki - 6u wa-6iij-lici o 



5C=p: 



^ 





i 



:=iF 



^^ ^ . , 



ma-wa-ni ye-lo 



zuya'' nom^lala two war parties 



oma'wani yelo' I roam with 



miye'. j I, myself 



^ur)ki'(5u to capture horses 



wai^irj^hd^i was my desire 



oma'wani yelo' in roaming about 



Anah/sis. — The proportion of minor thirds in this major song is 

 larger than usual, the minor third forming about 60 per cent of the 

 entire number of intervals. The major second is the, only other 



The song is based on the 



interval used in descending progression. 



