Songs of the Copper Eskimos 207 



No. 50. Recoed IV. C. 25c 

 Ab major tonality 



Phrases 

 A 



B 



C 



Ci 



D 



E 



Whatever kind of a dance song this may be, it certainly is not of the type 

 which we have been examining. The structure is totally different. All the 

 phrases are much alike as to melody yet sufficiently different to entitle them to 

 different lettering. There is not much evidence of form except that some of the 

 phrases are about the same length. It seems rather to be a long string of poetic 

 and musical ideas. There are no verses and no refrains. Probably the song be- 

 gins on the first beat, for the music for two syllables is missing. It was audible 

 once, for the text was taken from the record, but probably was faint even then. 

 The third degree is the general level and the song ends on this tone. 



