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Melodic Analysis — Coutinued. 



TONE MATERIAL 



Octave complete 



Major triad 



Major triad and sixth. 

 Minor triad and sixth. 



Total. 



Number 

 of songs. 



Catalogue numbers. 



112 

 203 

 181 

 224 



BEGINNINGS OF HONGS 



Beginning on the twelfth. 

 BeginniBg on the tenth . . 

 Beginning on the second. 



Total. 



2 1 181,203 

 1 I 224 

 1 112 



ENDINGS OF SONGS 



Ending on the tonic . 

 Ending on the fifth . 



To'.al. 



112,181,203 



224 



FIRST PROGRESSIONS 



First progression upward . . . 

 First progression downward . 



Total 



112, 181 

 203, 224 



ACCIDENTALS 



Songs containing no accidentals. 

 Sixth lowered a semitone 



Total. 



112, 203, 224 

 181 



Rhythmic Analysis 



