. Bulletin. Ethnology. APPENDIX In order to test the accuracy of certain observations concerning the relative rhythms of voice and drum in Indian songs, the writer secured the courteous cooperation of Dr. Dayton C. Miller, head of the department of physics, Case School of Applied Science, Cleve- land, Ohio. The phonograph on which the Ute songs were recorded was taken to Cleveland, together with phonographic records made on the reservation. These records had already been transcribed by ear, the only instruments of measurement being the piano for the pitch of the tones and a standardized metron
. Bulletin. Ethnology. APPENDIX In order to test the accuracy of certain observations concerning the relative rhythms of voice and drum in Indian songs, the writer secured the courteous cooperation of Dr. Dayton C. Miller, head of the department of physics, Case School of Applied Science, Cleve- land, Ohio. The phonograph on which the Ute songs were recorded was taken to Cleveland, together with phonographic records made on the reservation. These records had already been transcribed by ear, the only instruments of measurement being the piano for the pitch of the tones and a standardized metronome for their time duration. The phonograph was installed in Dr. Miller's laboratory (pi. 12), portions of two records were played by the phonograph, and the. Photograph of drumbeat sound recorded graphically by the phonodeik. (See pi. 13.) The accompanying analyses of the photographs, kindly prepared by Dr. Miller, show the result of the test. A full consideration of the phonodeik, invented by Dr. Miller, is contained in "The Science of Musical ; " Analytical Study of Photographs Taken with the Phonodeik woman's dance—NO. 37 A portion of the music of the Woman's dance, of about 23 seconds' duration, as reproduced by the phonograph, was photographed with the phonodeik, making a film record about 38 feet long. The part of the song which is photographed begins when the stylus of the reproducer of the phonograph is about 2^^ inches from the beginning end of the wax cylinder record; it is at the beginning of a new stanza of the song. [A portion of this photograph, with its musical transcription, is shown in pi. 14.] " Miller, Dayton Clarence, The Science of Musical Sounds. New York, 1910, pp. 78-88, 206. 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
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