# Melody (Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin, West)

> Still possible: Each interval name marks a melodic step or note, so the notation records a single sung melody, with the numerals counting notes.

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# Melody (Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin, West)

Each interval name marks a melodic step or note, so the notation records a single sung melody, with the numerals counting notes.

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

## Where it stands

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

## What it predicts

- The note total under the chosen counting rule should equal the syllable total of h.6 without special pleading about refrains.
- Successive terms should mostly share a string, as a melody moving by step through named intervals would require; Rahn's finding that 32 of 43 adjacent 2-mod-7 successions rise by one string is relevant.
- No fragment should require a term that cannot be realised as a melodic step on a seven-string tuning.

## What would rule it out

- A text that shows the terms being played as simultaneous pairs in performance.
- A notated fragment whose term sequence cannot be read as a connected melody under any of the melodic conventions proposed.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Across the fragments, adjacent terms tend to be related by a single string step (32 of 43 adjacent 2-mod-7 successions…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYK1G2996/across-the-fragments-adjacent-terms-tend-to-be-related-by-a)

Suggestive

FOR

[The melodic readings of Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin and West disagree with each other on how a term becomes notes, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYKJTRTVQ/the-melodic-readings-of-wulstan-duchesne-guillemin-and-west)

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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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