Re: Melodies move by step in any form of music?

>>> As far as the lower limitation is concerned, I would argue that
>>> there is a large body of music employing pentatonic scales - but
>>> not anything smaller.
>> Read some of the ethnomusicology literature.  The vast majority of
>> human cultures have used scales with less notes, and virtually all
>> children's songs from anywhere in the world still do so today.  (I
>> have a few Scottish examples in my modes tutorial - their origins
>> are all unexplained, but it seems a good bet that some are very old).
> I would be interested in some of the songs that you mentioned.

They're in the modes tutorial on my website, near the end.  The "Death
Croon" is the oddest.  I could easily find dozens of children's songs
with similarly limited range.

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