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Show DENS MORE] NORTHERN TJTE MUSIC 147 on the octave and ending on the keynote. There is a preference for 2- 4 time, and only one song contains no change of measure- lengths. The rhythmic character of the songs is evident, as, with one exception, the songs contain one or more rhythmic units. Black Otter ( To'pat& uk, pi. 11, a) said that in the old days a man who wished to lead a war party requested that the people of his band be assembled at a certain place. When a camp had been established, the men who had been on previous war expeditions went to the chief's lodge and the chief announced the proposed undertaking. The men smoked and the chief explained the matter ip detail. When Black Otter went to war the men rode on horses and used bows and arrows. He said the Utes formerly used stone arrow points, but that the men of his time had iron arrow points, the metal being obtained from the Mexicans and " shaped by rubbing with stone." The Indians made drinking cups from the knots of trees and carried these cups with them on the warpath. The night before a war party left the village a dance was held, and the warriors paraded through the camp in their war paraphernalia. The following song was sung at the dance preceding the departure of a war party. In recording it Black Otter's voice trembled. He was almost overcome by emotion, saying it brought so strongly to his mind the friends and associates of former years. No. 67. War Song ( a) Recorded by SINGER NO. 1 VOICE J = 126 DRUM J - 126 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 20 ( Catalogue No. 759) ^ M. £ M & - P- ^ m £ B* £ 3SE mrtirrjTm& t] ® r cjiiar nr gj-r?; Jl » r ,\ p t isi i as 1M- r ^ i pE m £= i=£ BE = t3 Analysis.- This song is on the fourth five- toned scale with D flat as its keynote. In structure it is melodic with harmonic framework. The rhythmic unit comprises three measures. Attention is directed to the ninth, tenth, and eleventh measures, which bear a close resemblance to the rhythmic unit, but were sung with a different accent |