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A succession of notes which comprise the principal part in harmonized music.

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Identifying a (psalm?) tune from its notes

A friend who is a cathedral lay clerk has recognised this tune as a version of the old Scottish tune 'York' (also called 'Stilt'), slightly adapted only to need five notes. It uses common metre. I'm …
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Identifying a (psalm?) tune from its notes

My leading theory is that they represent a melody that was played on the bells. Until recently the church had five bells in a major scale tuned to G. … However, lines of 8, 6, 8, 6 notes suggest common metre, and the fact that most lines start and finish on the tonic seems to support its interpretation as a melody. …
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