. Bulletin. Ethnology. 2G0 Makah BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ncLu 124 (Catalog No. 1299) No. 151. Song Taught by the Frog Recorded by Young Doctob Jiz69. =9- uj u^^gTLj_Lg^^=^ ifcS: 33= -â¢-â¢-â¢-.â¢-â¢-â¢-i-^-Cs-s- - HâIâIâIât-^â^=1â^^ n - â ^-u^âI ^_^_, ^t^-,^=::^_ -â¢â>-=-^ I gs> -U-Jâ=1- I r^.isâ⢠»-^P~p r» ⢠9âP- :2: :^ ^lZ:^ ^t 4: S 5£ P-^0-P-P-m wA =9^ P^4- -=^-v- =^ it -^ U li/'- ^ -I iT- Analysis.âThe repeated portion of this song was sung several times with no important variation, which is interesting because of the unusual character of the melody. About three-fourths of
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 2G0 Makah BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ncLu 124 (Catalog No. 1299) No. 151. Song Taught by the Frog Recorded by Young Doctob Jiz69. =9- uj u^^gTLj_Lg^^=^ ifcS: 33= -â¢-â¢-â¢-.â¢-â¢-â¢-i-^-Cs-s- - HâIâIâIât-^â^=1â^^ n - â ^-u^âI ^_^_, ^t^-,^=::^_ -â¢â>-=-^ I gs> -U-Jâ=1- I r^.isâ⢠»-^P~p r» ⢠9âP- :2: :^ ^lZ:^ ^t 4: S 5£ P-^0-P-P-m wA =9^ P^4- -=^-v- =^ it -^ U li/'- ^ -I iT- Analysis.âThe repeated portion of this song was sung several times with no important variation, which is interesting because of the unusual character of the melody. About three-fourths of the intervals are whole tones. The ascending major sixth occurs twice. The labial m was used occasionally but not continued during a rest. In tonality the song is minor and lacks the sixth and seventh of the complete octave. It begins and ends on the keynote, the melody lying above and below this tone. SONG RECEIVED IN A DREAM BY A CLAYOQUOT The chief foods of the Clayoquot were whale, halibut, blue-backed salmon, spring salmon, and herring. A certain man was accustomed to pray for a good run of herring and to sing the following song at that time. It was said that the people were glad when he began to sing, for they knew that tlie herring would come next day. The same man knew many songs for the treatment 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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