CLASSIFICATION OF KYRGYZ TUNES

1) Twin-bar tunes (ex.1-11, №1-58)

1.1. Twin-bar tunes based on the G,-C bichord (ex.1a-b, №1-3)

1.2. Twin-bar tunes built on rotating motives (ex.2-6, №4-33)

1.2.1. Twin-bar tunes rotating on the D-B-C trichord (ex.2a-b, №4-7)

1.2.2. Twin-bar tunes rotating on the D-A-C trichord (№8)

1.2.3. Twin-bar tunes rotating on the C-D-E trichord (ex.3, №9-11)

1.2.4. Two-lined Bekbekey songs (ex.4a, №12-17)

1.2.5a.The Phrygian Bekbekey tune and the twin-bar tunes rotating on the B-C-D trichord (ex.4b, ex.5, №18-26)

1.2.5b. Two short Phrygian sections with C or D cadence (ex.6a, №27-29)

1.2.5c. Two short Phrygian sections with E cadence (ex.6b, №30-33)

1.3. Twin-bar songs with descending/hill-shaped lines (ex.7, №34-40)

1.4. Motifs with a downward leap at the end of the line (ex8a-b, №41-50)

1.4.1. C-G, leap downward at line ends (ex.8a-b, №41-47)

1.4.2. Ending the line with D-A fifth leap or D-B-A (ex.8c-d, №48-50)

1.5. Motivic processes (ex.9-11, №51-58)

1.5.1. Successive repetition of motives (ex.9-10, №51-52)

1.5.2. “Domed” line structure (№53-54)

1.5.3. Recitation around the 7th degree followed by descent (ex.11, №55-58)

2) Ionian tunes (ex.12-24, №59-164)

2.1. Laments and their kin (ex.12-16, №59-113)

2.1.1. Single-line major laments and their relatives (ex.12, №59-67)

2.1.2-3. Lamenting tunes with b3(b3)4 and b3(4)b3/4 cadences (ex.13a-b, №68-73 and №74-78)

2.1.4. Two-lined laments and their relatives (ex.14a-b, №79-83)

2.1.5. Lamenting tunes with 4(4)4/b3 cadences (ex.14c, №84-87)

2.1.6. Two-lined lamenting tunes with (5) cadence and four-lined tunes derived from them (№88-89)

2.1.7. Lamenting tunes with 4(b3)x cadences (ex.14d, №90)

2.1.8. Isometric short lines with 4-b3 + 4-b3 cadences (ex.15, №91-98)

2.1.9. Shorter lines with 4(4)4 and 4(4)b3 cadences (ex.16a-b, №99-109)

2.1.10. Lamenting tunes starting around the 8th-10th degree (№110-113)

2.2. Two-lined tunes with higher main cadence and their four-lined kin (ex.17-20, №114-132)

2.2.1. (5) main cadence, first line undulating on the E-D-C trichord (ex.17a, №114-115)

2.2.2. (5) main cadence, first line tracing a hill with G’ peak (ex.18, №116-121)

2.2.3-4. (6) main cadence, two-lined forms and others derived from them (ex.19a-b, №122-127)

2.2.5-6. (7) and (8) main cadence, two-lined forms and their derivatives (ex.20a-b, №128-132)

2.3. Four-lined tunes of Major character (ex.21-24, №133-164)

2.3.1. Tunes with 5(4)x cadences (ex.21a, №133-136)

2.3.2. Tunes with b3/4(5)5 cadences (ex.21b, №137-138)

2.3.3. Tunes with 5(5)x cadences (ex.21c, №139-147)

2.3.4. Tune variants with 6(6)6 and 5(5)5 cadences (ex.22a-b, №148)

2.3.5. Tunes with 7/8(4/5)x cadences (ex.23, №149-155)

2.3.6. Four-line tunes of wide range and high main cadence (ex.24, №156-161)

2.3.7. Tunes of extremely wide (b3-10) ranges (№162-164)

3) Aeolian tunes (ex.25-36, №165-238)

3.1. Laments and related tunes (ex.25-27, №165-192)

3.1.1. Single-line laments and their kin (ex.25a, №165-169)

3.1.2. Tunes with 1(1)5/6 cadences (№170)

3.1.3. “Lamenting” tunes built of shorter lines (ex.25b, №171-179)

3.1.4. Two-lined laments and their relatives with two long lines (ex.26, №180-185)

3.1.5. Folksongs connected to two-lined laments (ex.27, №186-192)

3.2. Tunes with higher main cadence (ex28-29, №193-204)

3.2.1. Lamenting tunes with (4) or (5) main cadence (ex.28, №193-197)

3.2.2. Giusto tunes with shorter lines and (4) or (5) main cadence (ex.29a-b, №198-204)

3.3. Four-lined tunes (ex.30-33, №205-223)

3.3.1. Tunes with 5(2)x or 5(b3)x cadences (ex.30a-b, №205-207)

3.3.2. Tunes with 4(5)x cadences (ex.31, №208-211)

3.3.3. Tunes with 4(4)x, 5(4)x and 5/6(5/6)x cadences (ex.32a-b, №212-218)

3.3.4. Tunes with 7/8(5/4)x cadences (ex.33a-b, №219-223)

3.4 Valley-shaped, rising or undulating first line (ex.34-36, №224-238)

3.4.1. Two-lined tunes with (4) cadence, and their kin (ex.34a, №224-227)

3.4.2. Tunes with 4(1)x cadences (ex.34b, №228-229)

3.4.3. Two-lined tunes with (5) cadence (ex.35a, №230)

3.4.4. Multi-lined tunes with (5) cadence (ex.35b, №231-232)

3.4.5-7. Tunes with an undulating start and 5/4(b3)x, 5(4)x or 5/4(5)b3 cadences (ex.36a and №233; ex.36b and №234-236 and №237-238)

4) Caramazan religious tunes (ex.37-41, №239-326)

4.1. Ionian Caramazan songs (ex.37-38, №239-307)

4.1.1. Two-lined Caramazan songs (ex.37/1-5, №239-260)

4.1.2. Four-lined Caramazan songs (ex.38/1-8, №261-307)

4.2. Aeolian Caramazan songs (ex.39-41, №308-326)

4.2.1. Two-lined Caramazan tunes (ex.39/1-4, №308-316)

4.2.2. Four-lined Caramazan tunes (ex.40/1-3, №317-323)

4.2.3. Caramazan tunes containing one long line of Minor and three long lines of Major character (ex.41, №324-326)

5) Tunes of domed structure (ex.42-43, №327-332)

5.1. Aeolian domed tunes (ex.42a-b, №327-329)

5.2. Ionian domed tunes (ex.43, №330-332)