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No. 198. Song of the Grass Dance (c) (Calaloguc No. 595) 

 Sung by Kii,ls-at-Night 



Voice J 144 

 DlMM 116 



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Analysis. — This is typical of the songs heard at the present time 

 on the reservation when the Indians are gathered for some social 

 occasion. Like other modern Sioux songs, it contains a wide variety 

 of progressions, there being five different ascending and the same 

 number of different descending intervals. The minor second, an inter- 

 val occurring infrequently in the. older songs, is here found four times. 

 The tone material of this song is peculiar. Considering G as the key- 

 note of the entire song, the second, fifth, and seventh tones of the 

 octave are not present. Tlio drum was shghtly slower than the voice 

 in all the renditions. 



No. 199. Soug of the Grass Dance (d) (Catalogue No. 597) 



Sung by KiLLS-AT-NlGHT 



Voice J- 112 

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