296 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



For closing, four end on the fifth of the major, seven on the third, as well 

 as seven of minor tonality which end on the fifth (relatively the same tone), 

 four major songs end on the second, two on the true tonic and one on the raised 

 tonic! Of the remainder of the minors, three end on the tonic and one on the 

 third. 



Among the minor songs, seven out of eleven cases have the fifth as a general 

 level, two the tonic, one has no general level and the other is doubtfully the 

 second. Among the major songs three have the fifth, two the second, one is 

 divided between the fifth and second, one between the third and tonic, five hav^ 

 the tonic (but four cases are questioned), three have the third but one is not well 

 established, two are uncertain and one has none. 



Twenty-two songs begin on the first beat of the measure, a point not so 

 essential to know here as with the dance tunes, but interesting for comparison, 

 three on the last beat and four on the last half-beat. 



There are more three-four metres among the chants than among the dance 

 tunes, and in fact there are several songs which show a three-part structure. 

 There are also a number of four-four metres but only one of these is four through- 

 out, and indeed all but this spng are of more or less mixed metre. A number 

 have the eighth note as time unit and with these the measures run as high as 

 5, 6, 7, 8, and even 9, but usually these are not subdivided as it is customary 

 to divide such metres in classical and modern European music. On the whole, 

 the measures are more uniform in size than in the dance songs and the order of 

 their recurrence is more regular. 



