. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAPAGO MUSIC 167 Analysis.—This is a particularly graceful melody containing two phrases of two measures each, followed by a phrase of five measures and a "connecting phrase" sung between the repetitions. The sequence of tones G-F-G suggests the rustle of the cottonwood leaves. The proportion of ascending intervals is larger than in a majority of these songs. No. 117. "The Morning Is Shining Upward " (Catalogue No. 1046) Recorded by Jose Ascencio Voice J = 66 '-^ -If c p ft- kmiJ^HD sSf^e«2 f-f-f-j^-^ 4 J—*-^—fi^—^ firw-rr^ i TRANSLATION Poo
. Bulletin. Ethnology. densmore] PAPAGO MUSIC 167 Analysis.—This is a particularly graceful melody containing two phrases of two measures each, followed by a phrase of five measures and a "connecting phrase" sung between the repetitions. The sequence of tones G-F-G suggests the rustle of the cottonwood leaves. The proportion of ascending intervals is larger than in a majority of these songs. No. 117. "The Morning Is Shining Upward " (Catalogue No. 1046) Recorded by Jose Ascencio Voice J = 66 '-^ -If c p ft- kmiJ^HD sSf^e«2 f-f-f-j^-^ 4 J—*-^—fi^—^ firw-rr^ i TRANSLATION Poor man, did you leave me and walk away? The morning is shining upward, To that I am going. Analysis.—This song is based on the fourth five-toned scale. The progressions in next to the last measures are unusual but the song contains no marked peculiarities. No. 118. "On Top of the Mountain the Wind Blows " (Catalogue No. 1047) Recorded by Jose Ascencio Voice J = 60. ^^^ m ^f±^ -| 0—m- j. i—i— k^nsab^I2 ^=f=P=^ :#d TRANSLATION Blackish Mountain, he stands there like a "doctor mountain. On top the wind blows out, On top the wind blows out, And on top the clouds go out and cover the whole 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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