Afro-American folksongs : a study in racial and national music

The Characteristics of Folksongs.-FolksongsDe- fined.-CreativeInfluences.-Folksong and Suffering.-Modes, Rhythms and Scales.-Russianand Finnish Music.-Persistency of Type.-Music and Racial Ties.-Britons and Bretons.Chapter II.Songs of the American Slaves Originality of the Afro-American Folksongs.-Dr.Wallaschek and His Contention.-Extent of the Imitation in the Songs.-Allusions to Slavery.-How the Songs Grew.-AreThey Entitled to be Called Ameri- can.-The Negro in American History.Chapter III.Religious Character of the Songs The Paucity of Secular Songs among the Slaves.-Campmeetings, "Spirituals" and "Shouts."-Work-Songs of the Fields and Rivers.-LafcadioHearn and Negro Music.-AfricanRelics and Voodoo Ceremonies.Chapter IV.Modal Characteristics of the Songs An Analysis of Half a Thousand Negro Songs.-Division as to Modes.-OverwhelmingPrevalence of Major.-Psychology of the Phenomenon.-Music as a Stimulus to Work.-Songs of the Fieldhands and Rowers.Chapter V. Music Among the Africans The Many and Varied Kinds of African Slaves.-Not All Negroes.-TheirAptitude and Love for Music.-Knowledge and Use of Harmony.-Dahomans at Chicago.-Rhythm and Drumming.-AfricanInstru- ments.Chapter VI.Variations from the Major Scale Peculiarities of Negro Singing.-Vagueness of Pitch in Certain Intervals.-Fractional Tones in Primitive Music.-ThePentatonic Scale.-TheFlat Seventh.-Harmonization of Negro Melodies.Chapter VII.Minor Variations and Characteristic Rhythms Vagaries in the Minor Scale.-The Sharp Sixth.-Orientalism.-The"Scotch" Snap/-A Note on the Tango Dance.-Even and Uneven Measures.-Ad-justing Words and Music.