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quarter-note beat was continuous. (See No. 72.) Drum and voice 
have the same time unit, determined by the majority of the meas- 
ures, but the drum is steadily maintained, while the voice tempo 
varies slightly. The time of the transcription should be understood 
as indicating the accents and the approximate note values rather 
than actual durations of time, resembling some of the songs in which 
the pitch indicated by the notation is only approximate. These 
variabilities are too slight to be shown in any except an exceedingly 
detailed graphic form, the transcription showing, however, the trend 
of the melody with sufficient exactness for our present purpose. 
Four renditions were recorded and contain no important differences. 
The connective phrase in this song is unusually long. Another song 
using a similar phrase between renditions is No. 7 
No. 87. Parade Song (e) (Catalogue No. 771) 
Recorded by SinGER No. 17 
VOICE a — 63 
Drum P| = 63 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 72 
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Analysis.—Drum and voice have the same time unit in this song, 
but because of slight variations in tempo they never exactly coincide. 
In each rendition the drumbeat was tremolo to the point marked X, 
after which it was in quarter notes. (See No. 72.) Three rhythmic 
units occur, the first being emphatic in character and appearing 
always on the same tones, which is unusual. The third unit differs 
from the second only in the division of the last count, but this dif- 
ference was steadily maintained. The tone material is that of the 
fourth five-toned scale and the song has a compass of 12 tones. The 
average interval in this song comprises four semitones. Reference to 
the tables of analysis on page 42 will show this to be an unusually 
large interval. 
