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41 Same papyrus, 13-15: first instrumental piece
(Original a semitone lower)
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The metrical structure is the same as in 40 (which may suggest a similarly slow tempo), and so is the key. But the melody goes a fourth lower, encompassing altogether an octave and a fifth, and the tonality is different. The tonic is f. The melody often dwells on g, and fourths and fifths (0319-002.giff-c', c-g, g'-d', d'-g) play a conspicuous role in it. The third bar of the first line recurs in line 5.

 
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