Traditional Folk Songs Of Many Nations

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	In Hungary the Gypsies use the following scale.


	A scale which Beethoven has used and which appears often in folk-music is:


	A number of other scale progressions might be cited. Many of these odd scales are represented in this volume, being described under their appropriate heads. Possibly this book may broaden the horizon of more than one musician. We must hasten to say, however, that it is but a slight presentation of a very large subject, for even China and Arabia have their folk-songs, which are worthy of study. There are thousands of other specimens waiting for the student. The gradual introduction of some of these into classical music is giving new life-blood to our art. We feel that the singer will condone the presentation of an occasional modern song that has become national in popularity, into this collection. The introduction of our own National anthems needs no

	apology.
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