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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Dbnsmorb] pueblo MUSIC 23<br />
No. 18.<br />
Song concerning^the water used in ceremonies—Continued<br />
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rr r rfir ^^g<br />
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Analysis.—The first period <strong>of</strong> this song is based on a major triad <strong>and</strong> the<br />
second period is based on the same triad with the minor seventh added, a framework<br />
noted in the song next preceding. In several instances these tones occur<br />
in unbroken descending order. The minor third between G <strong>and</strong> B-flat is the<br />
most frequent interval in the melody. Next in frequency is the major third<br />
which <strong>com</strong>prises 20 <strong>of</strong> the 75 progressions. The use <strong>of</strong> A natural in two measures<br />
is interesting, also the ascending seven with which the song begins.<br />
mother's song to a baby<br />
In some <strong>A<strong>com</strong>a</strong> families it is the custom to select a baby's name<br />
on the fourth night after it is bom. Certain songs are sung, <strong>and</strong><br />
the name for the baby is suggested by the words <strong>of</strong> these songs.<br />
It is<br />
said that the songs are "very pretty" <strong>and</strong> the words are chiefly<br />
about the flowers.<br />
A different sort <strong>of</strong> song is here presented, this being a song that a<br />
mother would sing to her baby. It was said "the medicine man is<br />
always <strong>of</strong>fering prayers for the Uttle babies <strong>and</strong> this song tells <strong>of</strong> the<br />
medicine man's prayer through which the baby received life."
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