The next example, also from Brazil, is somewhat better, but still formless and unemotional.
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Let this be danced to, however, and the change is very marked, for immediately form, regularity, and design are noticeable:
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On the other hand, the emotional element marks another very decided change, namely, by placing more sounds at the command of the singer, and also by introducing words, which necessarily invest the song with the rhythm of language.
Thus the emotional and declamatory elements heighten the powers of expression by the greater range given to the voice, and add the poignancy and rhythm of speech to song. On the other hand, the dance gives regularity to the rhythmic and emotional sequences.
In the following examples we can see more clearly the elements of folk song as they exist in savage music:
Three or four note (simple)
South America
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Nubia
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Emotional (simple)
Samoa
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Emotional and Composite
Hudson's Bay
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Soudan
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Howl and Emotion
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