242 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



This song is rather interesting from the standpoint of form and the artistic 

 way in which the A phrase is introduced at the beginning, in the middle and at 

 the end. There is nothing about it in common with the pisik type, for there 

 are no verses, refrains or coimectives, and the formal order of the phrases is 

 not the same. It begins on the strong beat on the tonic and ends on the fifth 

 degree, below. It is very unusual in this music to find a song which has a 

 descending trend. Most of the songs start on or near the general level and in 

 the course of the melody rise sometimes as much as an octave and return to the 

 level to close or even ascend. In this respect they are very different from many 

 Indian songs which tend to descend in melody and often start on rather high 

 tones. The general level of this song is the tone upon which it ends. 



