94 HJALMAR THUREN. 
Nos. Lower notes we Higher notes Range Number 
of tones of tones 
642 Cy; F A B 7 + 
9 (D) EG Buat? (С)? min.7 5 
68 —С: Е - С С 8 4 
В C0) F [С]? 8 4 
Of the 126 melodies in the collection no fewer than 105 range 
within the fifth (64 melodies) or a sixth (41 melodies). It may be 
remarked here, that some of the major sixths noted are probably 
sung as neutral, and some of the fifths have most probably not 
corresponded to our pure fifths. The hand-written material, namely, 
has not always a note to show when the singer leaves the chromatic 
intervals. 
In 5 melodies the range is a seventh (major seventh: 1 melody, 
minor seventh: 4 melodies); 6 melodies range over a fourth, 5 over 
a third (minor third: 2 melodies, — minor third: 1 melody, major 
third: 2 melodies); 3 melodies only contain a second, 2 melodies 
extend over an octave. 
The melodies use from 2—6 tones. 
Nummloce Of melodiies... | = | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 
No. of tones in melody | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 
There is thus — as in most primitive music — only a small 
number of tones contained in each East Greenland melody. 
The list of tones in the East Greenland melodies shows that 
most of the material falls within 3 main groups. Recitative mel- 
odies (Group I) have already been discussed. 
Group II 
contains melodies constructed on 
1. C—FG (15[17] melodies), 2. C--FGA (9 melodies). 
F is very prominent as tonus currens in almost all melodies of 
this group. The melody rises one or two tones over this and falls 
a fourth, especially towards the ends of the strophes. In single 
cases C is so prominent that one might be inclined to regard this as 
tonus currens (e. g. Nos. 39, 120). 
A specially well-marked recitative character is found in No. 129. 
The melody mainly keeps to the tonus currens: F. Possibly it is 
an extremely old melody, as the text — one verse, which is supposed 
to be sung by a dead person — belongs to the oldest material of the 
