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Show DEN SMOKE] NOBTHERN UTE MUSIC 111 No. 42. Closing song of the Lame Dance ( Catalogue No. 769) Recorded by SINGER NO. 17 VOIOB J- 104 DRUM J- 112 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 18 ma i s fit? i Analysis.- This song resembles No. 17, which was sung at the conclusion of the Bear dance, but a comparison of the trend of the two melodies shows the upper tone to be the more important in No. 17 and the lower tone in the present instance. A fundamental and its minor third are the only tones in this song, while No. 17 contains also the minor seventh, occurring as an unaccented tone. This song comprises four periods, all having the same rhythm. It begins * and ehds on the same tone. ( See No. 37.) PLOTS OF SONGS OF THE LAME DANCE IS I 1 I [ { I 1 I I - » + n i l M M I I 1 rTTT No. 39. No. 39 ( dup.). 1 I m I No. 40. No. 41. FIG. 7.- Plots, Group 5 ( Lame dance) In the plot of these songs we have a type that appears to avoid the lowest point, differing in this respect from a majority of the Sioux as well as of the Ute songs. |