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Show 112 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 The plots of No. 39 and also of its duplication are shown, thus affording an opportunity for comparison which is clearer than that of the transcribed melodies. DRAGGING- FEET DANCE According to Star, an old informant, the Dragging- feet dance was one of the social dances held after a scalp dance. Men and women danced together, not alternating but standing as convenient, the motion of the dance being sideways, " with the sun." The step was that recorded in the same dance among other tribes ( see Bull. 61, p. 477), one foot being advanced sideways and the other foot lifted and placed beside it. • CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS The drum beat with the Dragging- feet songs was in quarter notes, synchronous with the voice, not following after it, as in the Lame dance songs. Two of the songs contain particularly long rhythmie units, and none of the songs contain the seventh of the key. The minor fourth comprises 42 per cent and the fourth comprises 14 per cent of the entire number of intervals. No. 43. Dragging- Feet Dance ( a) Recorded by SINGER NO. 16 VOICE J = 108 DRUM J = 108 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 20 ( Catalogue No. 721) ag MA iiL/ rriariirrc^ i 9& #-#- \ irr*> mmn& m* Analysis.- This melody progresses chiefly by the minor third, which constitutes 71 per cent of the intervals. The rhythmic unit comprises five measures and occurs twice. It is interesting to note the resemblance between the opening measures of the song and the rhythmic unit. Nine renditions were recorded without a break in the time. The drumbeat was synchronous with the voice. |