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On the Eskimo Music. Da 
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Å Ba Å flat 
Ш. Melodies with the scales: 1.F— д us 2, = à 75 B KG) — 
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9 Melodies not included under I—III. 
When the Greenlander concludes a melody, he uses as a rule a 
special strophe, the last figure of which often takes the form of 
a glissando (cf. for example. Nos. 18, 52 62, 65, 70, 71, 85, 101, 107, 
117, 122). 
In many of the melodies where the first, third and fifth are 
prominent, the conclusion is formed of these tones in the order 
3—5—1 or 3—5—(3)—1; е. в. Nos. 16, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 59, 
GEL, 72, Sil, 92, O7, AOL 102, 108; 
A similar slurring at the end of a melody is also met with 
elsewhere; it is typical, for example, of Russian folk-songs.* 
Pitch. The men sing mostly in the lower octave, the women in 
the common octave. The deepest note occurring is BSH, the 
highest F sharp in the octave above. The deepest tone in the men’s 
melodies lies as a rule between ie and EE. in the women’s 
between Е and A. 
ae A 
Strength of tone. The Greenlanders sing comparatively softly, 
and thus do not follow the rule which seems to be general among 
primitive folk: the louder, the better.” If the Greenlander is singing 
alone, it is a soft humming. The voice is as a rule soft and flexible, 
the sound somewhat guttural. One notices that it is easy for the 
singer to strike the tone; his voice sounds just as fresh after he has 
sung for a very long time as when he began. The strong aspiration 
at the end of most of the strophes is characteristic. 
When a solo is accompanied by chorus, the latter is subordinate 
to the singer, so that his voice rises clear above the background of 
the chorus. As a rule the chorus — as Parry had already remarked 
in the case of the Central Eskimo — sings in perfect unison. 
In the chorus the women naturally sing an octave higher than 
the men. When the chorus sometimes differs from the strophes of 
the soloist, this is probably due to chance; for example, when the 
chorus anticipates a tone.” 
7 Engel, p. 124. 
2 Wallaschek, p. 71. 
5 Kongressbericht., р. 300. 
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