. Bulletin. Ethnology. 476 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BtLL. ei No. 198. Song of the Grass Dance (c) (Calaloguc No. 595) Sung by Kii,ls-at-Night Voice J 144 DlMM 0 116 Drmn-rliytlim similar to No. 8. jra -^^m ~g^' -^'-& -^ Analysis.—This is typical of the songs heard at the present time on the reservation when the Indians are gathered for some social occasion. Like other modern Sioux songs, it contains a wide variety of progressions, there being five different ascending and the same number of different descending intervals. The minor second, an inter- val occurring infrequently in the. o
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 476 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BtLL. ei No. 198. Song of the Grass Dance (c) (Calaloguc No. 595) Sung by Kii,ls-at-Night Voice J 144 DlMM 0 116 Drmn-rliytlim similar to No. 8. jra -^^m ~g^' -^'-& -^ Analysis.—This is typical of the songs heard at the present time on the reservation when the Indians are gathered for some social occasion. Like other modern Sioux songs, it contains a wide variety of progressions, there being five different ascending and the same number of different descending intervals. The minor second, an inter- val occurring infrequently in the. older songs, is here found four times. The tone material of this song is peculiar. Considering G as the key- note of the entire song, the second, fifth, and seventh tones of the octave are not present. Tlio drum was shghtly slower than the voice in all the renditions. No. 199. Soug of the Grass Dance (d) (Catalogue No. 597) Sung by KiLLS-AT-NlGHT Voice J-112 DuiM not recorded _2^ •) ' ^^ ' ^ d • d It^—^ -z^ -W-. 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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