- 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)
5.2. Domed Ionian tunes (ex.43, №330-332)
Picture 7 Grandfather with his grandson
Picture 8 Three Kyrgyz boys
The cadential sequence of the four tunes belonging here is b3 (7) 4/5/7, and their melody outlines also display features deviating from traditional Kyrgyz tunes (ex.43, №330-332).
1 ex.43, Folksong, Kurmanakulov Baken (1942, Ceñiş), Buğu-Çıçkan, Ceñiş-wedding, 2002