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MELODIC ANALYSIS — continued 



Table 12.— INTERVALS IN UPWARD PROGRESSION 



Table 13.— AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN AN INTERVAL 



Group I.. 

 Group II . 



Number of 

 songs. 



147 

 93 



Number of 

 intervals. 



4,445 



2,880 



Number of 

 semitones. 



12,864 

 8,558 



number of 

 semitones 

 in an •' 

 interval. 



2.89 

 2.97 



Table 14.— KEY 



Keyi 



Group II. 

 Number. Per cent. 



A major 



A minor 



B flat major 



B flat minor 



B major 



B minor 



C major 



C minor 



D flat major 



C sharp minor 



D major 



D minor 



E flat major ; 



E flat minor 



E major 



The term " key " is here used in its broad sense, as applicable to nouharmonic music, inclusive of modes 



Total. 



Number. Per cent. 



