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An Introduction to Folk Music in the United States
Pretty Mohee, The, 47
Primitive music: compared to folk music, 8-9; characteristics of, 12; used by Western composers, 87
Pueblo Indians, 29, 78
Puerto-Rican folk music: in New York, 65
Pygmies, African, 18
Ram of Darby, The, 51
Recorder (instrument), 72 Religion in primitive music, 9 Research, state of, in U.S. folk music,
84 Responsorial technique, 55 Rhythm, 42-43
Rimski-Korsakov, N. A., S%, 89 Ring-shouts, 55 Roosevelt, F. D., 46, 49
Scale: explained, 15; transcribing of, 80
Schubert, Franz, 4
Seeger, Charles, 81
Sequence, melodic, 13
Shape-notes, 50-51
Sharp, Cecil J., 23
Shawnee Indians, 33
Signalling (dram, horn), 17
Sir Hugh, 40, 41
Smetana, Bedrich, 89
Spanish-Americans, 57
Spirituals, Negro. See Negro spirituals
Spirituals, White, 50-51
Stenka Razin, 59
Still, William Crant, 90
Stravinsky, Igor, 91
Stroboscope, 80
Students: attitude toward folk music, 69
Syncopation, 55
Tape recorders, use of, 76-78 Tchaikowsky, Peter L, 87 Theory, musical: in folk culture, 11 Transcription: explained, 75, 79-82;
electronic devices for, 81; special
symbols used in, 81-82 Tune families, 48-49 Two Sisters, The, 40
UAW-CIO (song), 67
Union Maid, The, 67
U.S.: ethnic composition of, 20-21;
as an urban country, 22 Unity in folk music, 13
Variants: explained, 6; in the British tradition, 47; in cities, 66; in professional folk singing, 73
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 89
Violin. See Fiddle
Vision quest: of Indians, 26-27
Volkstiimliche Lieder, 5
Watusi, 11
Wayne State University, 61, 83
White, Josh, 56-57
White spirituals. See Spirituals, White
Wife Wrapped in Wether's Skin, 41
Words of songs: related to tunes, 47—
48 Work songs: in primitive cultures, 9;
in Negro music, 56
Xylophone, 9, 18
Yodeling, 51-52 Yuman Indian tribe, 35
Zither, 72