Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



Phrases 



fA"' 



V. 4. pt. 1. 



Refrain 1. 



a^ b^ 1* o 



2 2 2 24 



el " 



3 



h 



2 



a 



2 



f g- 



3 2 



i b" 



3 3 



b j b 



2 2 2 



bi- 

 2 



83 



Measures Beats 

 4 9 



3 8 



3 8 



5 10- - 



This is rather a complicated form, as the analysis reveals. The G and G' 

 phrases are closely modelled upon A. In the first verse there is a connective 

 although the A phrase is so short that with it there is only about the usual 

 length. In the other verses the connective is extra. In verse 2, part 2, the refrain 

 is very short and the phrase following it takes the place of the second part. 

 Possibly part 3 should not be considered to begin until the place marked refrain 

 3. It was so marked in the text, but when working with that alone, the number 

 of repetitions of the poetry and the great number of fillers, or burden syllables, 

 make it exceedingly difficult to determine the breaks. Usually the music is a 

 great help, but when the repetitions in that are also numerous, and the variations 

 upon one little melodic theme almost innumerable, it is exceedingly difficult to 

 make a final decision. 



The song begins upon the tonic, on the first beat of the measure, and ends 

 on the same tone. This is the general level. 



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