Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
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Ddnsmobb] PUEBLO MUSIC 113<br />
this respect, only 74 percent in each group having a change <strong>of</strong> measure<br />
lengths.<br />
The percentage <strong>of</strong> songs containing no rhythmic unit is 50 percent<br />
in the Pueblo songs (table 11) <strong>and</strong> only 30 percent in the <strong>com</strong>bined<br />
group. The percentage <strong>of</strong> songs with one rhythmic unit is only 40<br />
percent in the Pueblo songs <strong>and</strong> 53 percent in the larger group. The<br />
tribes under analysis vary in this respect from 59 percent in the<br />
Papago to 72 percent in the Menominee, having one rhythmic unit.<br />
Two peculiarities occurring in Pueblo songs are a change in pitch<br />
level during the performance <strong>and</strong> a structure designated as a period<br />
formation. These are considered in the analysis <strong>of</strong> No. 3, with references<br />
to examples in the songs <strong>of</strong> the present series.<br />
MELODIC AND RHYTHMIC ANALYSES OF ACOMA,<br />
ISLETA, COCHITI, AND ZUNI SONGS<br />
BY SERIAL NUMBERS<br />
MELODIC ANALYSIS<br />
Table 1.— Tonality
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