. Bulletin. Ethnology. Analysis.—Five renditions of ttiis peculiar song were recorded, the transcrii>- tion being from tile third. This is the first song recorded by the writer in which the drumbeat is so slow that it cannot be measured by the metronome. The interval between drumbeats varies slightly, as indicated, and it appears from a comparison of the renditions that the player was guided by the relation between drum and voice rather than by an effort for a steady rhythm in the drum. Tlie melodic differences in the other renditions consist chiefly in the addition of passing or ornamental
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Analysis.—Five renditions of ttiis peculiar song were recorded, the transcrii>- tion being from tile third. This is the first song recorded by the writer in which the drumbeat is so slow that it cannot be measured by the metronome. The interval between drumbeats varies slightly, as indicated, and it appears from a comparison of the renditions that the player was guided by the relation between drum and voice rather than by an effort for a steady rhythm in the drum. Tlie melodic differences in the other renditions consist chiefly in the addition of passing or ornamental tones and in the omission of an occasional phrase. An example of ornamentation in other renditions is the substitution of two sixteenth notes (C-B flat) for the second eighth note (B flat) in the second measure. The song has a compass of 11 tones and omits the fourth tone of the octave. The ascending and descending intervals are almost equal in number, the latter comprising five each of fourths, major thirds, minor thirds, and whole tones, with one semitone. Such uniformity in progressions is unusual in the songs under Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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