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Oul Songs — {5) Songs of Dream Societies — Continued 

 Melodic Analysis — Continued 



FIRST PROGRESSION— DOWNWARD AND UPWARD 



Downward. 



Upward 



Total. 



Number 

 of songs. 



Serial Nos. of songs. 



13 I 95,98, 100, 101, 102,10:'., 10-1, IOC), lOS, 109, 



111,112,113 

 6 96,97,99,105,107,110 



19 



TOTAL NUMBER OF PROGRESSIONS— DOWNWARD AND UPWARD 



INTERVALS IN DOWNWARD PROGRESSION 



Interval of a — 



Fifth 



Fourth 



Major third 



Minor third 



Augmented second . 



Major second 



Minor second 



Total. 



34 

 39 

 73 

 1 

 132 

 14 



295 



INTERVALS IN UPWARD PROGRESSION 



Interval of a— 



Tenth 



Octave 



Seventh 



Minor sixth. . 



Fifth 



Fourth 



Major third . . 

 Minor third. . 

 Major second. 

 Minor second. 



Total 



169 



AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN AN INTERVAL 



Total number of uitervals 



Total number of semitones 



Average number of semitones in an interval. 



464 

 1,436 

 3.09 



