. Bulletin. Ethnology. CHIPPEWA DRUMS. (jENKs) of the song; so that one may hear three rhythms, two of them contesting, some- times with syncopation, yet resulting in a well - built whole. It has always been ditticult for a lis- tener of another race to catch an In- dian song, as the melody is often "hidden by over- powering ; When, however, this difficulty has been overcome, these untrammeled expressions of emo- tions ])resent a rich field in which to observe the growth of musical form and the beginning of musical thinking. They form an impor- tant chapter in tJie development
. Bulletin. Ethnology. CHIPPEWA DRUMS. (jENKs) of the song; so that one may hear three rhythms, two of them contesting, some- times with syncopation, yet resulting in a well - built whole. It has always been ditticult for a lis- tener of another race to catch an In- dian song, as the melody is often "hidden by over- powering ; When, however, this difficulty has been overcome, these untrammeled expressions of emo- tions ])resent a rich field in which to observe the growth of musical form and the beginning of musical thinking. They form an impor- tant chapter in tJie development of music. Apart from this historic value, these songs. KWAKiuTL Rattles. 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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