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Show 160 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 75 An< dysis.- This song, like many others of the present series, progresses chiefly by whole tones ( see No. 28), yet it is a melody with abundant variety and interest. In structure it is melodic and contains the tones of the major triad and second. The drum is slightly faster than the voice and its tempo was steadily maintained. A rhythmic unit occurs six times in the song. PLOTS OF WAR SONGS No. 71. No. 74. n a No. 75. m m• Nfo. 7t9. FIG. 14.- Plots, Group 11 ( War songs) While a few of the war songs show the ordinary type of steadily descending trend broken by one or two ascending progressions, we find that about one- half of them contain a wideness of interval which has not been note' 3 ; n any group of songs previously plotted. WAR SONGS MELODIC ANALYSIS TABLE 1E.- TONALITY Number Serial Nos. of songs Major tonality Minor tonality Total... 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74,75,76, 80,82. 71, 77, 78,79,81. |