(Songs of the Copper Eskimos 



Phrases 

 C 



D 



E 



The structure of this song is similar to that of the next. There is a part 

 sequence of A in the B phrase and the C completes a three-phrase form while 

 the D in melodic material reverts again to A. Had the song been finished the 

 close might have been found to be as artistic in conception as the beginning, 

 but even incomplete, it is a lovely little fragment. The repetition either corrects 

 the C phrase as it was first given or presents a variation of it. Otherwise, as far 

 as the second rendition goes, it is substantially the same as the first. The song 

 begins on the third degree of the scale with the last beat of the measure and 

 probably ends on the tonic as the C phrase does with its iextension, but this is 

 not a necessary conclusion. 



The tempo is as rapid as the fastest of the Copper Eskimo dance tunes but 

 impresses the hearer as being merely lively because the divisions of the beat are 

 not very small and many notes are tied, thus giving a slower effect. 



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