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Show 118 BUREAU OP AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY . [ BULL. 75 DOUBLE DANCE lf Both men and women danced the Double dance, which was said to be very old. The dancers stood in two lines facing each other and not far apart. Men and women did not alternate in these lines, but stood in any convenient order. So general was the interest in this dance that in old times the lines often were 30 or 40 feet long. In the dance one line moved forward about four steps, the opposite line receding. The opposite line then advanced and the first line receded. CHARACTERISTICS OF SONGS Two songs of this dance were recorded by Uncompahgre Utes. Both songs have a clear rhythmic structure with more than one rhythmic unit. No progression larger than a fourth occurs in these songs. The accompanying instrument was a hand drum. No. 49. Double Dance Song ( a) % Recorded by SINGER NO. 8 VOIOB J= 112 DRUM J = 112 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 20 ( 1) ( » ) ( Catalogue No. 776) t^ yfc It #-*- iaU' i U r ii To - o - ka - ne - rati to - o - ka - ne - rati ( 1) ( 2) m'fag * ?' P - U » " T rrfi to - o - ka - ne- rati to - o - ka - ne- rati ( 2) 33 EZE£ E M: m& i to- o ka - ne - rats Analysis.- A progression by whole tones characterizes this melody, about 73 per cent of the intervals being major seconds. ( See No. 28.) Two rhythmic units occur- one in double, the other in triple time. These differ in the latter portion. The song is based on the second five- toned scale and has a compass of six tones. Drum and voice are synchronous. u Nawa'to, a term used with reference to anything that is " doubled together." |