WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



triplets, each cluster being equal to one of the long 

 tones, and each of the short tones being equal to one 

 third of one of the long tones." How plainly a series of 



dots illustrates this: 



and how equally plain the rhythm appears on the musi- 

 cal staff I 



Old SdinT&body, Peabody, Peabody. 

 . cres. 





This song embraces an interval of a fifth; here is an- 

 other which includes one of only a major third: 



twice 



Sow wheat, Peverly, Peverly, Pet 



and here is yet another confined to a fourth: 





J (The bird sings two octaves htyker) 



This is one of the commonest forms of melody which is 

 employed by all composers. It occurs, in the opening 

 bar of the love-song sung by Turiddu before the curtain 

 rises in Cavalleria Rusticana : 



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