. Bulletin. Ethnology. 18 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 90 No. 1. Song of Coyote After the Flood (Catalogue No. 1000) Recorded by Jose Manuel Voice -^ = 160. \^^7^nrr—^-^ ^ ^-M-^^i^^f-rl^f-rl-^r-f 1 P5-lAk-«=^i ^+— -8-^^^-l^-^-|8-'-J-J-k-l—[8-1—^1 TRANSLATION I can not walk, I am dragging along, I cried! Ah, Ah! Analysis.—This song contains all the tones of the octave and moves freely within its compass of eight tones. The key ^ is F minor but the song opens with the triad on A flat, the relative major. This is followed by the triad on F minor and does not reappear in the song. The tone
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 18 BUEEAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 90 No. 1. Song of Coyote After the Flood (Catalogue No. 1000) Recorded by Jose Manuel Voice -^ = 160. \^^7^nrr—^-^ ^ ^-M-^^i^^f-rl^f-rl-^r-f 1 P5-lAk-«=^i ^+— -8-^^^-l^-^-|8-'-J-J-k-l—[8-1—^1 TRANSLATION I can not walk, I am dragging along, I cried! Ah, Ah! Analysis.—This song contains all the tones of the octave and moves freely within its compass of eight tones. The key ^ is F minor but the song opens with the triad on A flat, the relative major. This is followed by the triad on F minor and does not reappear in the song. The tone D is used effectively at the close. It is also inter- esting to note the absence of the third (A flat) in these measures. The fourth is the most frequent interval except the whole tone which occurs often as a passing tone. When they met the fourth timeElder Brothersaid, ''Little ; Coyote did not like this and said, "I was ; Elder Brother said, ''How much water was there when you came out?" Coyote replied, "About 4 inches on my front ; Elder Brother said that when he came out the water was chest- deep on him, and that showed that he came out first. Then he sang this song about the olla in which he had floated. 3 Throughout these analyses the terms key and scale will be used frequently. It should, however, be understood that their use is for convenience, not with the full significance of the terms as used by 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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