hkns.mork] 



TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



477 



Analysis .—Six renditions of this song were recorded, some begin- 

 ning with an unaccented tone an octave below the opening tone, as 

 in No. 197. All but 3 of the progressions are minor thirds and 

 major seconds, the remaining 3 progressions being 2 fourths and 1 

 ascending ninth. The melody contains the tones of the fourth five- 

 toned scale, lias a compass of 13 tones, and is melodic in structure. 



No, 200. Song of the Grass Dance (e) (Catalogue No. 526) 



Sung by Two Shields 

 Voice J = 66 

 Drum J— 66 



Drum-rhythm similar to No. 19 



Analysis. — This is a simple melody, containing only the tones of 

 the minor triad and fourth. It contains only 9 progressions, 6 of 

 which are minor thirds. The melody has a range of 10 tones and is 

 based on the tonic chord. The song was accurately repeated in 

 many renditions, the drum and voice coinciding on each count. 



When the gathering comes to a close the men and women stand 

 in their places and dance. The men move more than the women, 

 but none of them go toward the center of the circle. 



No attempt to record songs of all the social dances has been made 

 by the present writer. T\vo dances, in addition to the grass dance, 

 serve to represent this phase of Sioux music, the two additional 

 being the shuffling-feet dance {naslo'hay waci'pi) and the night 

 dance (haijlie' pi waci' ])%) . 



SHUFFLING-FEET DANCE 



The shuffling-feet dance is called also the Cheyenne, the glide, 

 and the dragging-feet dance. (PI. 78.) Lowie ^ noted this dance 

 among the Sisseton and Santee, and Wissler^ among the Oglala, 

 who said they received it from a tribe living west of the Gros Ventre. 

 Both men and women joined in the dance, whose step is indicated 

 by its name. 



Two songs of this dance are given herewith; a third song is No, 

 226. 



1 Lowie, Robt. H.. Dance Associations of the Eastern Dakota, op. cit. , p. 130 



2 wissler, Clark, Societies and Ceremonial Associations oi the Teton-Dakota, op. cit., p. 78. 



