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Show 6 4 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 Analysis.- This song is harmonic in structure, containing only the tones of the major triad and the fourth, which is always raised a semitone. The rapid phrases in which this tone occurs were given without variation in the four renditions of the song. In tonality the song is major, and 57 per cent of the intervals are major thirds. The rhythmic form of the song is interesting and clear, with four occurrences of the rhythmic unit. No. 7. Bear Dance Song ( c) ( Catalogue No. 692) 0 Recorded by SINGER NO. 4 VOICE J- 104 Morache not recorded ( 2) m# UJ UJ vH- rJ wrnm Connective phrase && rht*- tt r iir LEfi _ , Analysis.- In the renditions of this melody we have an example of the " connective phrase" found in Ute music and not in that of the Chippewa and Sioux previously analyzed by the writer. Similar phrases are transcribed in songs Nos. 39 ( duplication), 41, 46, 70, 72, 84, 85, 86, 89, 91, 92, and 93. A connective tone has been mentioned in the analysis of No. 4. This connective phrase was sung slightly rubato in its two final measures and occurs between all the six renditions of the song. It can not be considered an introductory phrase, as the singer began with the first measure of the melody as transcribed. Among the Chippewa and Sioux it was not unusual to find an introductory phrase, which was sung before the first rendition of the song and omitted in all the subsequent renditions. |