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corresponding count in the third measure. These slight differences 
repeated persistently show that the rhythm of the song is clear in 
the mind of the singer. This song is harmonic in structure and has 
a compass of five tones. The major third constitutes 76 per cent of 
the progressions, the remaining intervals being four minor thirds and 
one ascending fifth. 
No. 102. Hand Game Song (i) (Catalogue No. 699) 
Recorded by StncER No. 4 
VoIcE vise 104 
Drum = 104 
Drum-rhythm similar to No. 18 
SE Ss a a oe | 2 ear Bee 8 
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Analysis.—This melody progresses chiefly by whole tones, these 
constituting 73 per cent of the intervals. (See No. 28.) G is 
regarded as the keynote, the song containing this tone with its second, 
fifth, and sixth. The melody begins with an upward progression, 
though the general trend is downward. 
Piots or Hanp GAME Sonas 
RGB 4eNne 
RRARRMe SA eye 
HERR eESsaas 
No. 94. No. 95. 
DE atRSEnEeae 
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No. 97. No. 99. 
Fie. 17.—Plots, Group 13 (Hand game songs) 
The plots of these songs show an emphasis on the lowest tone 
which is lacking in other groups and which recalls the plots of the 
songs of Sioux medicine men confident of their power. 
