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No. 203. Song of the Night Dance (Catalogue No. 601) 

 Sung by Kills-at-Niqht and his Wife 

 Voice J — 100 

 Drum J=: 100 

 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



Analysis. — This song has a compass of nine tones, the entire com- 

 pass being attained in two progressions at the opening of the song. 

 The rest in the fourth measure is somewhat unusual. The Indian 

 does not seem to require ''breathing spaces" in his songs, and when 

 definite rests arc found in a melody they are the jnore worthy of 

 attention. (See song No. 79.) The rhythmic unit consists of a triplet 

 of eighth notes on the accented part of a measure, followed by a quar- 

 ter note. A similar triplet occurs on the unaccented >art of the 

 measure, showing the influence of the rhythmic unit or the rhythm 

 of the song as a whole. The song is major in tonality and contains 

 all the tones of the octave except the fourth. The seventh lowered 

 a semitone is present as an accidental. The song is freely melodic 

 in structure. 



