256 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



Phrases Measures Beats 



[A"" r d' a a+ 3 7i 



V. 6. 



IB f ci d^ a- 3- 7| 



This song is exceedingly regular in form. The phrases are fairly uniform in 

 length although often made up differently, as far as measure lengths are con- 

 cerned, but the analysis is not strict when it comes to splitting the triplet beats. 

 It is a typical pisik without prelude, and the extensions of the refrain help by 

 their added length to balance this with the two-phrased verse. The beginning 

 is made on the last beat of the measure on the fifth degree of the minor scale, 

 below the tonic. The end is on the same tone, which is the general level. The 

 triplet rhythm is a characteristic feature, not a common one in these Eskimo 

 songs although encountered occasionally. It is lost almost entirely in the 

 version given in No. 69. 



