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Show DSNSlfORE] NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 101 About half the progressions are whole tones, but the ascending fifth occurs twice, giving interest to the song as a whole. Five renditions were recorded and show no points of difference. PLOTS OF SONGS OF THE TURKEY DANCE K 5 l m No. 81. No. 32. n • % m No. 33. No. 36. FIG. 4.- Plots, Group 3 ( Turkey dance) The plots of these songs show more uniformity than the plots of any other group of Ute songs. They are characterized chiefly by a sharply descending trend. WOMAN'S DANCE It was said that the Woman's dance was obtained by the Utes from the Shoshoni. As already stated, it was danced at the same time as the Turkey dance. Only three of its songs were recorded. CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS The songs were accompanied by beating on a large drum. The drum rhythm is the same as that in songs of the Woman's dance recorded among the Chippewa. ( See Bull. 45, p. 192.) It comprises an accented stroke and an unaccented stroke, the latter corresponding approximately to the third count of a triplet. A brief rest which separates these corresponds approximately to the second count of a triplet. In melodic compass these songs are smaller than the Turkey dance songs, and the progressions are larger. The largest range in any of these songs is nine tones, which was the smallest range in the Turkey songs, and 14 per cent of the intervals are a fourth, or larger than a fourth, as compared with 7 per cent of similar intervals in the Turkey dance songs. |