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Show DKNSMORE] NORTHERN UTE MUSIC 169 quarter- note beat was continuous. ( See No. 72.) Drum and voice have the same time unit, determined by the majority of the measures, but the drum is steadily maintained, while the voice tempo varies slightly. The time of the transcription should be understood as indicating the accents and the approximate note values rather than actual durations of time, resembling some of the songs in which the pitch indicated by the notation is only approximate. These variabilities are too slight to be shown in any except an exceedingly detailed graphic form, the transcription showing, however, the trend of the melody with sufficient exactness for our present purpose. Four renditions were recorded and contain no important differences. The connective phrase in this song is unusually long. Another song using a similar phrase between renditions is No. 7. No. 87. Parade Song ( e) Recorded by SINGEH NO. 17 VOICE J = 63 DRUM J = 63 Drum- rhythm similar to No. 72 a) <*> » r ( Catalogue No. 771) ( i) fi , ™ , a> ( 3) ( 1) n^ rnwv rjiiJ jifTj/ piji Analysis.- Drum and voice have the same time unit in this song, but because of slight variations in tempo they never exactly coincide. In each rendition the drumbeat was tremolo to the point marked X, after which it was in quarter notes. ( See No. 72.) Three rhythmic units occur, the first being emphatic in character and appearing always on the same tones, which is unusual. The third unit differs from the second only in the division of the last count, but this difference was steadily maintained. The tone material is that of the fourth five- toned scale and the song has a compass of 12 tones. The average interval in this song comprises four semitones. Reference to the tables of analysis on page 42 will show this to be an unusually large interval. |