118 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY - [aun 75 
DoUBLE DANCE ”® ¢ 
Both men and women danced the Double dance, which was said 
to be very old. The dancers stood in two lines facing each other 
and not far apart. Men and women did not alternate in these lines, 
but stood in any convenient order. So general was the interest in 
this dance that in old times the lines often were 30 or 40 feet long. 
In the dance one line moved forward about four steps, the opposite 
line receding. The opposite line then advanced and the first line 
receded. 
CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS 
Two songs of this dance were recorded by Uncompahgre Utes. 
Both songs have a clear rhythmic structure with more than one 
rhythmic unit. No progression larger than a fourth occurs in these 
songs. The accompanying instrument was a hand drum. 
No. 49. Double Dance Song (a) (Catalogue No. 776) 
Recorded by Stncer No. 8 
Voice g=—112 
Drum g=—112 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 20 
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To’ ="6 = ka’ =) “ne? = rats ade erp ote - rats 
ba BE Sella ae 
D:8,2 #9 io = =e 
Leer eee! 
to-o- ka - ne - rats to-o - ka - ne - rats 
ee Fs 
eager 
-o ka - ne = rats 
Analysis.—A progression by whole tones characterizes this melody, 
about 73 per cent of the intervals being major seconds. » (See No. 28.) 
Two rhythmic units occur—one in double, the other in triple time. 
These differ in the latter portion. The song is based on the second 
five-toned scale and has a compass of six tones. Drum and voice are 
Sy eCuTOnpus: 
19 Nawa’to, a term used with ulnar to anything that is ‘‘doubled together.’’ 
