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Old Songs — (1) Ceremonial Songs — Continued 

 Melodic Analysis — Continued 



FIRST PROGRESSION— DOWNWARD AND UPWARD 



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Number 

 of songs 



Serial Nos. of songs 



Downward . 

 Upward 



1, 2, 3, 4, 11, 12,13, 1 j, lb, 17, 19, 20, 21, 3(5 

 14 



Total. 



TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRESSIONS— DOWNWARD AND UPWARD 



INTERVALS IN DOWNWARD PROGRESSION 



INTERVALS IN UPWARD PROGRESSION 



Interval of — 



■ Octave 



Major sixth.. 

 Minor sLxth . . 



Fifth 



Fourth 



Major third. . 

 Minor third . . 

 Major second. 

 Minor second. 



Total . 



AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN AN INTERVAL 



Total number of intervals, ascending and descending. 



Total number of semitones 



Average number of semitones in each interval 



374 

 1,101 

 3.5 



