Northern Ute Music

Northern Ute music - Page 186

152 BUKEATJ OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BUM,. 75 No. 73. War Song ( f) Recorded by SINGBB NO. 18 ( Catalogue No. 747) VOICE J = 76 Drum not recorded ^ f f ^ n r r f ^ ^ i* f 0 0 § p • iL-£ i± Jit f._ r r u r r JLTTFU * » H£ atz3t±^: *) p 0 0 > g I Analysis.- Two renditions of this song were recorded with prac­tically no variations. In both renditions the second count in the second measure was sung as two eighth notes, thus differentiating it from the rhythmic unit in which the corresponding count is sung as a quarter note. Neither are the divisions of the last count like those in the following measure. Only about one- eighth of the intervals are larger than a major third, and more than half are major and minor seconds. ( See No. 28.) The song has a compass of an octave. The scalps secured by a war party were not fastened in a hoop but tied at the end of a pole " higher than a man's head." It was customary for returning warriors to give a scalp to a woman whose husband or son had been killed in war, also to a man who had lost a near relative on the warpath. A returned war party paraded around the camp at about 8 o'clock in the morning. In this parade the scalps were carried on poles or fastened to the chin straps of the horses. Some of the men had women behind them on their horses. All were in gala attire and the leaders accompanied the songs by pounding on hand drums. The following song was used on such an occasion: