Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Note that the third verse has only one phrase, a little longer than the 

 average. All the others are constructed on the same plan as the prelude, but 

 D phrases take the place of A. The song begins on the fifth degree, below the 

 tonic, on the first beat of the measure, but jumps upward at once a sixth to the 

 third degree above the tonic. Presumably the end should be on the second. 

 Note the connectives before each verse and the little prelude before the refrain. 

 The general level of the song is the second degree of the scale. 



On examining the music again as this paper goes to press it seems that 

 perhaps what have been designated as codas may be connectives and what 

 are marked connectives may be truly a part of the refrain phrase. The song if 

 regarded in this manner would more nearly conform to the others in design, but 

 the connectives would fall then between the verse part and refrain and none 

 would appear after the refrain joining on the succeeding verse. 



