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No. 100. Hand Game Song (g) (Catalogue No. 797) 
Recorded by SincER No 22 
VoIcE e= 63 
Drum 2 = 63 
See ree eee below 
22g ns Se Sey at eee 
o = = o == 
Drum-rhythm 
Analysis.—Six renditions of this song were recorded and show no 
differences except that the second count of the third measure was 
occasionally sung as two eighth notes. The song presents some 
interesting points of rhythm. Thus we note that the last count of 
the second measure contains a reversal of the count divisions in the 
second count of the rhythmic unit. The fifth measure contains in 
its second count a division resembling that of the rhythmic unit but 
which was uniformly sung as two sixteenths instead of an eighth note. 
The only progressions are fourths and major seconds. In ascending 
progression there are seven fourths and three whole tones, and in 
descending progression there are eight fourths and three whole tones. 
Considering A to be the keynote of the melody, its tones are the key- 
note, fourth, and fifth. our drumbeats were equivalent in time to 
one quarter note of the melody; the drum is therefore regarded as 
having arhythm of sixteenth notes. Drum and voice were synchro- 
nous at the beginning of each count. 
No. 101. Hand Game Song (h) (Catalogue No. 738) 
Recorded by StncEr No. 7 uss 
VoIcE J= 76 
Drum not recorded 
-0-. -0- -0- 
2- -9- soe ee -8-. 0. . -8 -0- 
Analysis.—In all the four renditions of this song the division of 
the first count in the first measure was different from that of the 
