- 1. Twin-bar tunes (ex.1-11, №1-58)
- Twin-bar tunes based on the g,-c bichord
- Twin-bar tunes based on rotating motifs
- Twin-bar tunes with descending/hill-shaped lines
- Motifs with a downward leap at the end of the line
- Motivic processes
- 2. Tunes moving on Ionian scales (ex.12-24, №59-164))
- Laments and their relatives
- Two-lined tunes of Major character with higher main cadences and their four-lined relatives
- Four-lined tunes of Major character
- 3. Aeolian tunes (ex.25-36, №165-238)
- Laments and related tunes
- Aeolian tunes with higher main cadence
- Four-lined tunes of Minor character
- Valley-shaped, ascending or undulating first line
- 4. Caramazan religious tunes (ex.37-41, №239-326)
- 5. Tunes of domed structure (ex.42-43, №327-332)
3.2. Aeolian tunes with higher main cadence (ex.28-29, №193-204)
I try to present these tunes similarly to the tunes of Major character , but since the number of tunes using Aeolian scales is smaller, I often unite tunes that belong to separate groups among the Major-scale tunes.
3.2.1. Lamenting tunes with (4) or (5) main cadence (ex.28, №193-197). Laments with long lines and (4), less often (5) main cadence and musically similar tunes belong here (ex.28, №193-195). Two variants of a tune with a unique first line were also subsumed in this group (№196-197).
3.2.2. Giusto tunes with shorter lines and (4) or (5) main cadence (ex.29a-b, №198-204). In the majority of these songs the first line and the beginning of the second recite on the D-F/G’, only the end of line 2 jumping down to A. This alludes to an old Kyrgyz melody form, for these tunes are thus also related to the salient Major-character tunes with (4) cadence. Examples of tunes with (4) cadence are ex.29a and №198-200, those with (5) cadence are ex.29b and №201-203.
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