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natives constantly used intervals of less than a semitone, although 
it is not certain that they were a fixed part of the melodic systems^ 
There were both major and minor tonality, the major predominating 
as it does in most parts of the world, and the minor often expressing 
melancholy and doubt; but the full tone systems of our keys were 
lacking. Eskimo songs occasionally modulate from major to minor, 
an exceedingly rare feature in primitive music and hardly known in 
Indian songs. On the other hand, many Indian songs have a tendency 
to begin on a high note and gradually descend, ending on the lowest^ 
T^ftnto. 
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re— ai yap a ya-fpa, ye ai ya^-a ye 
All Eskimo song. 
whereas the songs of the Arctic Coast Eskimo have generally an 
upward curve and return at the close to about the level of the 
beginning.- Eindoubtedly the different tribes of the Dominion had 
their own musical styles which scholars will probably decipher through 
a closer study of their songs. 
Native songs have considerable value in the history of the 
development of music, but they seldom give genuine pleasure to 
Europeans who are acquainted only with the somewhat rigid and 
circumscribed musical styles of our modern civilization. The melo- 
1 Densinore, F.: Chjppi’wa Music — ii, Jiiill. 53, Bur. Am. Ettin., p. 14 (Washington, 1913). 
2 Roberts, H. H., and Jcnness, D. : “Eskimo Songs,” pp. 4(14-5; Report of the Canadian Arctic 
Expedition, 1913-1918, vol. xiv (Ottawa, 1925). 
