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Show 158 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 No. 79. Scalp Dance Song ( b) ( Catalogue No. 750) Recorded by SINGER NO. 18 VOICB J - 66 DRUM J - 66 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 20 Analysis.- Considering F to be the keynote of this song, we find the tone material to comprise the keynote, third, and fourth. The structure of the song shows, however, what has been termed an " interval- formation" rather than a key- relation of the several tones. ( See Bull. 53, pp. 7, 8.) Thus the first portion, and in every instance the rhythmic unit, is on the fifth ( B flat- F), while the middle and closing measures are on the minor third ( F- A flat). The intervals are larger than in a majority of these songs, about one- fourth of them being fifths. The major second comprises only about one-sixth of the total number. Dfum and voice have the same time unit, but because of slight variations in tempo they seldom coincide for more than a few measures. VOICE ^ = 169 Drum not recorded No. 80. Scalp Dance Song ( c) Recorded by SINGER No. 18 ( Catalogue No. 751) aas £ z £=£= 1 ^ zrjjuzna^ m ( § p * i f ? \ W I Analysis.- The measure- divisions in this song were clearly given in all the renditions, and as the tempo is so rapid it is considered |