# Dyads with repetition counts (Kilmer; Dumbrill in a nine-note frame)

> Still possible: Each interval name is a dyad, both strings sounded together, and the numeral is the number of times the dyad is struck.

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Answer · Hurrian songs of Ugarit

# Dyads with repetition counts (Kilmer; Dumbrill in a nine-note frame)

Each interval name is a dyad, both strings sounded together, and the numeral is the number of times the dyad is struck.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- The numerals, summed over h.6 with the repeated syllables sung twice, should match the number of sung syllables or a simple multiple of it.
- Other notated fragments should show numerals distributed as repetition counts would be (small values dominant, no preference for even values).
- If a Mesopotamian song in this notation is found, its terms should be playable as simultaneous pairs on seven strings without exceeding the instrument.

## What would rule it out

- A Mesopotamian or Ugaritic text that defines the terms in performance as successive notes.
- A demonstration that the syllable count of h.6 cannot be matched by any dyad-and-repetition scheme under either rule for the repeated syllables.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYFQZCRMK/cbs-10996-defines-each-of-the-fourteen-terms-as-a-pair-of)

Established

FOR

[Dumbrill's nine-note frame for the dyads is contradicted by a re-examination of the theory tablets, which finds seven…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYJGR88ZA/dumbrills-nine-note-frame-for-the-dyads-is-contradicted-by-a)

Suggestive

AGAINST

[No Mesopotamian or Ugaritic source states that the two strings of a named pair were sounded together, and two-part…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYGWZKN3G/no-mesopotamian-or-ugaritic-source-states-that-the-two)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

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## Cite it

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