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Show DENSMORB] NORTHERN TJTE MUSIC / 109 No. 40. Lame Dance Song ( b) ( Catalogue No. 720) Recorded by SINGER NO. 16 VOICB J - 76 DHUM J = 76 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 20 Analysis.- This song contains only one word ( TSiyuta), said to be the Shoshoni term applied by them to the Utes. The rhythmic structure of the song comprises four periods, each containing four measures, except the third, which has only three measures. Each of these periods ends with a triple measure. In melodic form the song is characterized by wide expansion and small intervals, the range being 11 tones and about 60 per cent of the progressions being smaller than a major third. ( See No. 28.) Three renditions were recorded, the only differences being a slight variation in the fourth measure. The song contains all the tones of. the octave. |