. Bulletin. Ethnology. DEXSMOKE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC No. 205. Begging Song Sung by Used-as-a-Shield 483 (Catalogue No. 619) Voice J= 120 Drum J-120 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 -(2-. ^. @g§=S^ JL#-^ ^nf=fL tt -» • _—•—? §±i^ ^I^- bsiiF Wa-kal-ya-pi wa-cii] ye ^=1 a - gu-ya - pi \va-c113 ye wakaFyapi coffee waciij^ ye I want agu'yapi bread wacig'' ye I want Analysis.—The interval of the major third is prominent in this song, comprising 44 per cent of the intervals and occurring 9 times in upward and 12 times in downward progression. The song is based on the fourth five-toned scale, has a range of
. Bulletin. Ethnology. DEXSMOKE] TETON SIOUX MUSIC No. 205. Begging Song Sung by Used-as-a-Shield 483 (Catalogue No. 619) Voice J= 120 Drum J-120 Drum-rhythm similar to No. 6 -(2-. ^. @g§=S^ JL#-^ ^nf=fL tt -» • _—•—? §±i^ ^I^- bsiiF Wa-kal-ya-pi wa-cii] ye ^=1 a - gu-ya - pi \va-c113 ye wakaFyapi coffee waciij^ ye I want agu'yapi bread wacig'' ye I want Analysis.—The interval of the major third is prominent in this song, comprising 44 per cent of the intervals and occurring 9 times in upward and 12 times in downward progression. The song is based on the fourth five-toned scale, has a range of 10 tones, and is melodic in structure. The rhythmic unit appears 6 times, as well as in the first and second endings of the song where it is not indicated by the usual sign.' See plot of this melody on page 484. PLOTS OF GRASS-DANCE SONGS The four song plots here presented (fig. 40) are of two grass-dance songs (Nos. 195, 196), one shuffling-feet dance (No. 202), and a begging song (No. 205\ As the first three contain no words, and as various kinds of songs could be sung in these dances, it is impossible to connect the idea of the song with its form. Songs Nos. 195 and 202 are of class A, which is a general t>^e, and No. 196 is of class D, showing the characteristics of songs of motion or of 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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