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Although I have devoted all possible care to the examples 

 given with exact musical notes, yet I dare not claim that they 

 are anything but mere attempts, for whose inaccuracy 1 must 

 entreat the indulgence of specialists in these matters. I have 

 dared to undertake these experiments more in reliance upon 

 my good musical ear than because I had any training in such 

 research through earlier experiments. 



1. The relative pitch, determined according to 3 grades. 



(L low pitch \ medium "I high pitch). 



Monosyllables. 



n n U LI n 



[ku-ky VIII [e-^]- Rdb. [a-j9, u-yY Nqt. [m-f or [c^Y Up. 

 i. e. strong nasalization, voiced, ^^ithout any oral articulation. 



S n in Ul 



[аЧу [a-4f [а-Чу [srty 



Dissyllables. 



[qarÅftfXW [uneqfll [cmaqYHl [itaY^ [та-пеу-Х\Ш 



LI LI LI LI 



[гА;-е-]^^ Omnq. [^xi'we]^* Omnt. [as•aб?]^'' Rdb. [am'uty^ 



LI LI 



[qum'uty"' 111 [na-k-ay^ Up. 



1 LI •' 1 LI ' n ', LI 1 Li 



[ata-y^ III [aha-y^ Up. [ap-a-y Qrj. [рсщ-у- [ila-y cf. 



Li h L 1 1 L 1 1 L 1 n 1 



[üay* [awTi-d-qy''' И [ma-tvna]-'^ [xa-'^/agJ^' Up. [trrluky^ Uk. 



1 L 1 m 



[qup-uqy^ [nfsaqy^ Omnq. 



* a river ^ (interjection) * yes ■* word used by children in play when 

 they touch the one they are trying to catch, = Eng. "you're it!" '" interroga- 

 tive particle often added to a verb for the sake of politeness ^ (interjection) 

 what did you say? ' copse of willows ** trousers ^ the armpit ^" sea 

 " (he is) over yonder '" here '^ interjection (on shivering) ^* his (sua) 

 daughter ''• the palm of the hand '^ downward " upward '* no " its 

 lowest part '^" interjection = а/га-{'!) " (interjection) '^'' he owns it ^' is 

 it not so? am I not right? *^ certainly ''■' yes is said ^"^ through here 

 ^' a gull '* an Englishman (or American) '■' a crack '" a porpoise. 



