40 HJALMAR THUREN. 
N= x N ar 
г = ze ee 
E 
`—®@ ООО gg — 
- #—@ ——@ р 
DD ne ag aig ig НЫНЕ ЕЕ ЕЕ) A CCC | Ver 
= = — — — 
Sometimes the North-West Greenlander uses recitative strophes 
in the melody, for example, in this melody (No.2) with D as tonus 
currens: 
LOD ON e e 
—e—||— 0-0 бр || оо оо бо 9-9 -0 9 ое 
er oe 
Most of the melodic periods are constructed on the tones 
| Е апа === just as among the Smith Sound 
Eskimo. On the other hand, only one of Stein’s melodies has 
strophes constructed on the tones nee == — a type which 
SES, LES SETE 
is common in North-West Greenland — and lastly, the North-West 
Greenlanders in contrast to the Smith Sound Eskimo have strophes 
al 
based on the tones Lee In North-West Greenland, there- 
fore, we meet with complete pentatonic forms of melody. 
The rhythm is very irregular and it has not been possible to 
carry out a division into bars. 
Lastly, the following appendix to East Greenland melodies 
contains some melodies recorded by W. Thalbitzer in North-West 
Greenland in 1900 and 1906. 
Nos. 134 and 135 are dance melodies, which the Eskimo have 
learnt from foreigners. 
The melody No. 130” from Egedesminde only seems to have been 
influenced by European music in so far as it uses a diatonic scale; 
the rhythmic form is rather Eskimo than European. №. 131 begins 
with a G major strophe, which is repeated; the last strophe is 
recitative. In rhythmic regards the melody certainly appears to 
have been somewhat influenced by the measure of European songs, 
but the singer has not been able to free himself entirely from the 
1 The melody was earlier recorded in two forms by W. Thalbitzer in "Meddelelser 
om Grønland” XXXI, p. 375 (No. 4) from Illorsuit in Umanak fjord and p. 386 
from Jakobshavn. | 
