Creek Duck-Dance Song
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
2 - 6
Tonal Center
la
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
m7
Tone Set
L, drm s
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
la, Tuning
Melodic Context
d-l,
Rhythmic Element(s)
syn-co-pa Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
A
Partwork
Form Analysis
Form Type
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ta-a
syn-co-pa

Source

Ballard, Louis W., Southwest Music Publications. Sante Fe, New Mexico.



Informant/Performer
Louis W. Ballard, Los Angeles, CA 1988

State
Oklahoma

Region
Plains

Origin
Native American

Song Type(s)
Dance


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Birds


Sub Subject

Alternate Titles
Creek Indian Duck Dance

General Comments