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which they tend to fall are unmistakably those of the major 
chord. There is a key-note or Tonic which persistently asserts 
itself and predominates overwhelmingly throughout both these 
songs. Associated with this key-note are only three other 
tones; the major third and the fifth of this key-note with the 
lower octave of this fifth, making a major Tonic chord. Both 
these songs are made exclusively of the tones which compose the 
major chord; the line of the melody is a chord line , a harmonic 
line. 
Cylinder No. 135. 
The same is true of the two songs on this cylinder (No. 135), 
only here the keynote predominates so strongly as to make the 
songs exceedingly monotonous. The song on the next cylinder 
(No. 61) is made up exclusively of the tones of a minor chord, 
the keynote predominating very strongly. 
Cylinder No. 61. 
