Music of Acoma, Isleta, Cochiti, and Zuñi Pueblos - Flutopedia.com

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opposite and dances around her. She "does a dance step" as she
turns, but does not change her position. If desired, she may dance
around the man in a similar manner, moving in the reverse direction.
(Catalog No. 2000)
No. 52.
Second song of Hunci dance
J = 104
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Analysis.—Although a rhythmic unit is indicated in this transcription, the
principal rhythm is that of the melody as a whole. Attention is directed to a
comparison between the two measures following the rhythmic unit and the two
measures at the close of the song, these dififering only in the division of one
count. The song is minor in tonality and contains all the tones of the octave
except the second and seventh. The tempo was gradually increased from
J=104 to J
= 126 during the rendition of the song, this change being customary
in the dance. During this increase of tempo the prehminary drumbeat was
discontinued.
During the next song each dancer places his (or her) hands on the
elbows of the opposite dancer and sways both arms and body in a
graceful motion. The same position was seen in a dance of the
Papago at San Xavier, Ariz., which was called the Mexican dance.
Couples face one another with arms similarly placed as in the Friendship
dance of
the Menominee and Winnebago in Wisconsin, but in
the former tribe the dance resembles a slow waltz while in the latter
tribe the motion may vary according to
the wishes of the dancers.'^
" Concerning the dance among the Menominee, cf. Densmore (1932 a, p. 194). The Winnebago dance
Is described and 2 of its songs presented In unpublished material on the tribe, in possession of the Bureau
of American Ethnology (Densmore, MS.)