On the Eskimo Music. 37 
of melodies in North Greenland, which was published in 1904! With 
regard to the tonal contents, Thalbitzer explains that the intervals 
sometimes differ somewhat from those of the diatonic scale, but he 
found as a rule that the intervals used by the Greenlanders fitted 
into the European system, so that he could make а satisfactory 
transposition into our notation. 
As the melodies of North-West Greenland have been published 
in an earlier volume of the series in which the present work 
appears, I may restrict myself to giving a summary of the scales 
used in the melodies. The melodic material — which is given by 
Thalbitzer in the original key — has been transposed here for the 
sake of convenient comparison. 
The table has been drawn up according to the rules given 
on p. 20. 
Normal Range Number 
Nos. Lower notes N Higher notes nee 
1 A: € D ARE 
S AC Cra) а 9 
38 A & m 4 3 
S6 A CD 4 3 
3 À Ва © ID) д 4 
4 (variant р. 386) ASS Ве ОО да 
9 [Е sharp] @ А: В С апит. 5 5 
6 D: ЕСА в 4 
9 т Бе 5 A 
9 1D Е @ À 5 4 
45 D: F G (A) ь A 
21 D: F GER 5 4 
87 D в © (A) 5 4 
38 D eG A 5 À 
а D № © A 5 4 
о С А о 
№ DD: Е G А Bat min. 6 5 
49 D: F @ ^ Bae imn® 8 
8 D F © ^ Bam mn® 5 
68 D F G ^ Bae mn®  B 
74 D: ENG AS, Bine: HO В 
79 D: в G&G A Ba) Pia 6 5 
1 W. Thalbitzer, North-Greenlandic contributions to Eskimo Folk-lore, Meddelelser 
om Grønland Vol. XXXI, pp. 375—387. Copenhagen 1904. 
