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Old Songs— (6) War Songs (section /) -Ooatinued 

 Melodic Analysis — Continued 



INTERVALS IN UPWARD PROGRESSION 



Interval of a— 



Tenth 



Ninth 



Octave 



Seventh 



Major sixth. . 

 Minor sixth. . 



Fifth 



Fourth 



Major third . . 

 Minor third . . 

 Major second. 

 Minor second. 



Total 



Number 

 of songs. 



2 



1 



24 



2 



3 



12 



39 



90 



103 



223 



209 



40 



AVERAGE NUMBER OF SEMITONES IN EACH INTERVAL 



' Total number of intervals 



Total numl)er of semitones 



Average number of semitones in an interval. 



KEY 



Key of— 



A major 



A minor 



B flat major. . . 

 B flat minor. . . 



B major 



B minor 



C major 



C minor 



C sharp minor. 



D major 



D minor 



E flat minor... 



F major 



F minor 



F sharp major. 

 F sharp minor 



G major 



G minor 



X flat major. . . 

 G sharp minor 

 Irregular 



Total 



Number 

 of songs. 



Serial Nos. of songs. 



131, 

 125, 

 12S, 

 140, 

 177 

 139, 

 132, 

 150 

 14fi, 

 157, 

 13S, 

 162 

 144, 

 127, 

 153 

 126, 

 134, 

 141, 

 171, 

 122 

 166 



155, 164 



133,136,142,143,168 

 130, 151,156, 1 03,174,176 

 152 



158 

 137 



147 

 169 

 161, 167 



159, 160 

 129,135,170.179 



145, 148, 149, 172 



lai, 175 



154 



173 



