. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORB] YUMAN AND YAQUI MUSIC 153 FREE TRANSLATION The nighthawk is telling of his dreams and of the power that is given him from his manner of Kfe. Analysis.âIn this song of the nighthawk we have one of the most pleasing melodies in the entire series. It is simple and grace- ful, and each phrase has a completeness which is unusual. All the phrases end with a descending progression except the last, which ends with an ascending whole tone. The song is minor in tonality and is based on the second 5-toned scale. No. 81. Song of the Nighthawk (c) (Catalogue No. 1187) Recor
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DENSMORB] YUMAN AND YAQUI MUSIC 153 FREE TRANSLATION The nighthawk is telling of his dreams and of the power that is given him from his manner of Kfe. Analysis.âIn this song of the nighthawk we have one of the most pleasing melodies in the entire series. It is simple and grace- ful, and each phrase has a completeness which is unusual. All the phrases end with a descending progression except the last, which ends with an ascending whole tone. The song is minor in tonality and is based on the second 5-toned scale. No. 81. Song of the Nighthawk (c) (Catalogue No. 1187) Recorded by Golding Voice J : 93 Drum J = 93 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 13 1 I. ^â '^ r ^ r irj'iu'r iQtjr ir>c/r^i^^ ly-^ r pif^'^ ir ^ i^»^'^ i^^dcrr â r 7 rgtf v-^MQj.[_firi^^ JMP |W \M- n m ^ FREE TRANSLATION The daylight is coming and I can distinguish objects around me. Analysis.âThe rhythmic unit of this song is a quick, darting phrase. Attention is directed to the fifth and sixth measures which resemble the rhythmic unit but are more steady and emphatic. The progressions are divided with unusual evenness between major and minor tliirds and major and minor seconds, the only interval other than these being an ascending fifth. It is interesting to note the persistence with which the sixth is raised a semitone in the latter portion of the 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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