. Bulletin. Ethnology. ra w3 - ka ka - wi ti-ku. i ^m ra-hu a-ti< 1 m • 0 kl ra waka ka-wi-ti-ku a-,ti I I— - ra ka W T3I t I— ^ ^ ra ka-we' ra-hu ti rat pa ri ti rat pa ri Piraski Child ra have waka sound kawitiku crying atira mother kawe is she rahu coming ti here rat I do FREE pa walk TRANSLATION ri around I hear the sound of a child crying "Is my mother coming? Here I walk ; Analysis.—This melody is broadly outlined by the intervals of a fifth (D flat-A flat) and a fourth (A flat-D flat). The interval of a major third does not occur and almost one-third of the intervals
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ra w3 - ka ka - wi ti-ku. i ^m ra-hu a-ti< 1 m • 0 kl ra waka ka-wi-ti-ku a-,ti I I— - ra ka W T3I t I— ^ ^ ra ka-we' ra-hu ti rat pa ri ti rat pa ri Piraski Child ra have waka sound kawitiku crying atira mother kawe is she rahu coming ti here rat I do FREE pa walk TRANSLATION ri around I hear the sound of a child crying "Is my mother coming? Here I walk ; Analysis.—This melody is broadly outlined by the intervals of a fifth (D flat-A flat) and a fourth (A flat-D flat). The interval of a major third does not occur and almost one-third of the intervals are fourths. The song contains three rhythmic units occurring consecu- tively as in No. 42. The first unit is the longest, the second is shorter. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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