Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



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Phrases 

 V. 2. pt. 2. C" 



Refrain B 



V. 3. pt. 1. C" ' 



Refrain B' 



V. 3. pt. 2. C" " 



Refrain B 



V. 4. pt. 1. C" " ' 



Refrain B 



V. 4. pt. 2. C" " " 



Tiie connectives are the most variable of the lai;ger features of this song. 

 Musically, it is a typical pisik with prelude, for the phrase A is not again re- 

 peated and C takes its place. The poetry, however, introduces the verse at 

 once, so that from the standpoint of words there is no prelude. Both verse and 

 refrain are shorter than usual, only a phrase each in length. , 



The song is minor in tonality but there is a constant shift of general pitch 

 due to untrue singing so that an absolute analysis was difficult to obtain. The 

 lettering would have been far more confusing than it is had the off -pitches not 

 been disregarded and the same letter given to measures that were obviously 

 intended to represent similar situations, musically speaki:pg. The c measures 

 contain both the major and the minor third. Whether this is due to off- 

 pitch singing or not one cannot say positively. There is a bad shift at the end of 

 verse 1 part 1 which could hardly be accounted for except by some irregular 

 behaviour of the phonograph. Thus the first measure of the phrase B' has 

 been lettered e alt. (altered) for it was obviously intended to be e. 



Haquriyaq had very few distinct tunes. Nearly all that she sang are more 

 or less the same so that this song will be found to have many variants. 



It commences on the final beat of the measure and if the tonality is D 

 minor then on the third of the minor scale. According to the ending of the 

 refrains, and, disregarding the shift in pitch, the end would occur on the first 

 degree of the minor scale. 



