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Show 136 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 he was about to extract the cause of the pain. It appears possible that this may have occurred at about the seventh song ( No. 58). In two- thirds of this group of songs the first progression is upward, and in a similar number the song begins on the accented portion of the measure, both of these features suggesting confidence. The melodic progressions consist chiefly of fourths and major seconds. It has been frequently noted in Sioux and Chippewa songs that the interval of a fourth characterizes songs concerning motion. It is a progression of freedom, and does not suggest the feeling of certainty which characterizes the perfect fifth or the major third. We note that the fourth occurs 53 times in these songs, while the perfect fifth occurs but once. The fourth constitutes 19 per cent of the entire number of intervals and the major second constitutes 66 per cent. ( See No. 24.) The latter interval is seldom used as a passing tone, but alternates with the tone below it in a manner which is without melodic importance. The major third occurs only in Nos. 52, 54, and 60, and constitutes about 4 per cent of the intervals. The songs are freely melodic in structure. Turning to the rhythm of the songs, we find that with one exception the songs contain a rhythmic unit, and that there is a greater variety in the rhythmic units than in the melodic form of the songs. Except in No. 60 the rhythmic unit occurs only twice in a melody, but portions of it appear throughout the song, indicating that this phrase has a constructive influence on the form of the entire song. No. 61. Song used in treatment of stck ( j) ( Catalogue No. 752) Recorded by SINGER NO. 25 J= 68 I 1 I 1 i » r< pa f~ i PIT) j- jin nirc j n j ^ |