Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com
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74 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 165<br />
singing if they wish. The drumbeat was not always clear <strong>and</strong> is not<br />
indicated in the transcriptions. In the first song the beat consisted<br />
<strong>of</strong> approximate quarter notes, each preceded by a short unaccented<br />
stroke. In the other songs this preliminary stroke was omitted.<br />
At first they st<strong>and</strong><br />
Both men <strong>and</strong> women take part in this dance.<br />
in two lines facing each other, the men in one line <strong>and</strong> the women<br />
in the other, while this song is sung.<br />
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Analysis.—The rhythm <strong>of</strong> this song is unusual <strong>and</strong> interesting. The melody<br />
is based on the fourth 5-toned scale <strong>and</strong> lies partly above <strong>and</strong> partly below<br />
the keynote.<br />
During the next song the dancing begins <strong>and</strong> the tempo <strong>of</strong> the music<br />
Each man puts his h<strong>and</strong>s on the shoulders <strong>of</strong> the woman<br />
increases.
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