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TETON SIOUX MUSIC 



No. 205. Begging Song 



Sung by Used-as-a-Shield 



483 



(Catalogue No. 619) 



Voice J= 120 

 Drum J- 120 

 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 



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Wa-kal-ya-pi wa-cii] ye 



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a - gu-ya - pi \va-c113 ye 



wakaFyapi coffee 



waciij^ ye I want 



agu'yapi bread 



wacig'' ye I want 



Analysis. — The interval of the major third is prominent in this 

 song, comprising 44 per cent of the intervals and occurring 9 times in 

 upward and 12 times in downward progression. The song is based 

 on the fourth five-toned scale, has a range of 10 tones, and is melodic 

 in structure. The rhythmic unit appears 6 times, as well as in the 

 first and second endings of the song where it is not indicated by the 

 usual sign.' 



See plot of this melody on page 484. 



PLOTS OF GRASS-DANCE SONGS 



The four song plots here presented (fig. 40) are of two grass-dance 

 songs (Nos. 195, 196), one shuffling-feet dance (No. 202), and a 

 begging song (No. 205\ As the first three contain no words, and as 

 various kinds of songs could be sung in these dances, it is impossible 

 to connect the idea of the song with its form. Songs Nos. 195 and 

 202 are of class A, which is a general t>^e, and No. 196 is of class D, 

 showing the characteristics of songs of motion or of animals. 



