Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



205 



No 40 

 i'M A 



U(3c]cac|,a KiluciKt'ok man. 



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a- vunj-a- L ye yi ya ai- yu-micu-Ta-yi-vufr) ai -Yu-mi-cu-lA-yivuqj-a ki-vornnutiXAnama 





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I I' M 



5 



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Avunp-ai ye yi ya ye ya hi ya-ai yi yai qa i ya I ya ha- 1 ya 



Phrases 

 V. 1. A 



Refrain B 



A fragment 



No. 49. Record IV. C. 95a 



Irregular tonality 



G# minor to C# major 



abed 



^j 4 4 4 4 



e f g h 



4 4 4 4 



So far as it goes this is a most unusual and lovely little melody beginning in 

 the tonality of G# minor and modulating to that of C# major. There is not 

 much that can be determined about the form but rhythmically and metrically 

 it is unusual. The measures are four-beat and the rhythm for the first two is 

 balanced by the second two, while with the third pair it changes, and while each 

 of the four of the second half of the song is different, there is a very satisfying 

 balance. The song is too brief a fragment for variations in the rhythmic regu- 

 larity to be numerous, but the fact that they are missing altogether indicates 

 that the song is unusually uniform. 



It begins on the third degree of G# minor or the flat seventh of C# major, 

 with the last quarter of the final beat, and ends on the tonic of the major key. 



