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Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Phrases 

 D 



ext. 



Measures Beats 



Conn. ; 



E 

 ext. 



A'- 

 B'- 

 C- 

 D 



k 1 m n 



2 2 2 2 



o p n' q- 



2 2 2 1 



or more likely exclamatory measures 

 like the he he or hu hu hu 



r 11 s 



2 2 3 



g2 g g g3 



2i 2 2 2 



ai g* di 



2 2 3 



el f g 



2 2 2 



ij' 



hi g 



2 2 3 



ki 1 m 



2 2 2 



n {v?) 

 2 2 



8f 



This is an extremely interesting song. Note the fine balance of the A and 

 B phrases and the inversions of the melodic ideas between the measures cd and 

 fg and the sequence in the measures a and e. In the phrase D observe the 

 sequence of mn from kl. The phrase E brings in new melodic material and 

 also is shorter by a measure, but note the extension. On the return to A'- 

 there is an interesting shortening of all the phrases yet there is the same melodic 

 play between A'- and B'-. In the C- phrase observe the combination of the 

 measures i and j as they were in the first C phrase, so that here they are one 

 measure and contribute to the short length of this phrase also. The phrase D 

 is full length but its extension is cut to one measure. 



The song begins on the fourth degree of the scale, which is a very unusual 

 starting tone, and on the first beat of the measure. The end is on the second 

 degree. 



