. Bulletin. Ethnology. ANTMHOi-. Pap. No. JS] CHOCTAW MUSIC DENSMORE 161 units in its repetition by the same singer. A period formation occurs in 6 of these songs (Nos. 45, 46, 48, 49, and 51). The first 8 songs were recorded by Sidney Wesley and their complicated rhj^tlims were sung with remarkable clearness. The remaining four songs were recorded each by a different singer and are less elaborate than the songs recorded by Wesley. A variation or change in the Stomp dance is the Backward-and-forward dance (cf. No. 56, p. 171). No. 44. Stomp Dance Song (a) Recorded by Sidney Wesley (Catalog N«.
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ANTMHOi-. Pap. No. JS] CHOCTAW MUSIC DENSMORE 161 units in its repetition by the same singer. A period formation occurs in 6 of these songs (Nos. 45, 46, 48, 49, and 51). The first 8 songs were recorded by Sidney Wesley and their complicated rhj^tlims were sung with remarkable clearness. The remaining four songs were recorded each by a different singer and are less elaborate than the songs recorded by Wesley. A variation or change in the Stomp dance is the Backward-and-forward dance (cf. No. 56, p. 171). No. 44. Stomp Dance Song (a) Recorded by Sidney Wesley (Catalog N«. 2194). (2) (2) ^m i -1 r mmmr 0»^ • •>• u\\iLi[:im ^^ (1) (3) I— W'^K,=it&^rrrrifffm^iriTfrfl^ m (1) (2) -\ I— p^',k^L£frr£ff^C„£jTr.|li -1 r (3) ^MTit rrrrriii \i rrirr^f iP^i^a Analysis.—This melody contains only the tones B flat and D flat except the occurrence of E flat in three measures. The three rhythmic units are in triple time and change to double time, but the coimt divisions in each are different. Ascending and descending intervals are equal in number, each consisting of 12 minor thirds and 3 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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