. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAWNEE MUSIC 97 tervals are fourths and major seconds. Drum and voice are different in tempo, each being maintained with regularity. No. 71. "Other Girls Are as Pretty as She'* (Catalogue No. 1101) Recorded by Effie Blain Voice J = 112 Drum J = 120 Drum-rhythm similar to 1 S3-. A modern love song (not transcribed) was translated as follows: "That lady loves me. I bet she is thinking of ; It was said to be the song of a man already married who wanted the person men- tioned in the song to elope with him. Songs of this class were preceded by
. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAWNEE MUSIC 97 tervals are fourths and major seconds. Drum and voice are different in tempo, each being maintained with regularity. No. 71. "Other Girls Are as Pretty as She'* (Catalogue No. 1101) Recorded by Effie Blain Voice J = 112 Drum J = 120 Drum-rhythm similar to 1 S3-. A modern love song (not transcribed) was translated as follows: "That lady loves me. I bet she is thinking of ; It was said to be the song of a man already married who wanted the person men- tioned in the song to elope with him. Songs of this class were preceded by the syllable ee-ee on a low tone in imitation of a flute. The informant said ''the flute was courting medicine of a bad ; MYTHS AND FOLK TALES The Pawnee possessed many stories pertaining to the origin of sacred bundles and the doings of mythological persons. Concerning such stories Doctor Dorsey states: "These tales, as a rule, are told only during ceremonies, especially during the intermissions or pauses in the ceremony which occur from time to time between rites, or during resting periods in the chanting of a long ritual. During such intermissions anyone of those present may ask the priests for such a tale. Especially is it the privilege of the one who has made the ceremony possible, by providing the food for the sacrifice and feast, to ask that such a tale be related. These tales may also, under certain circumstances, be told outside the ceremonial lodge . . and the chief object in relating them is to furnish ; ^* Such stories gradually passed into current knowledge and were told as folk tales by any member of the tribe without mention of their religious significance. M Dorsey, The Pawnee: Mythology (Pt. 1), Carnegie Institution of Washington, Publ. No. 59, Wash- ington, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illust
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