- Karachay folk music
- Special tunes
- The classes of Karachay folk music
- Class 1: Rotating and plagal motion (№ 1−8)
- Class 2: One or two short lines and their variations with x(1)1 cadences (№ 9-37)
- Class 3: Four short lines with (1) main cadence (№ 38-53)
- Class 4: Four short lines with the first line ending on the key note, with a (pseudo) domed structure and 1(x)y cadences (№ 54−62)
- Class 5: Four short lines with (VII) main cadence (№ 63−70)
- Class 6: Four short lines with (2) and (b3) main cadences (№ 71−105)
- Class 7: Four short lines with (4/5) main cadences (№ 106−115)
- Class 8: Four short lines with (4/5) main cadence and a higher beginning (№ 116−138)
- Class 9: Four short lines with (7/8) main cadences (№ 139−145)
- Class 10: One- or two-lined tripodic tunes (№ 146–186)
- Class 11: Tunes with four tripodic lines (№ 187–199)
- Class 12: Jir tunes (№ 200–278)
- Class 13: Four long lines with arched (domed) structure (№ 279–287)
- Connections between Hungarian and Karachay folk music
Class 13: Four long lines in a recursive structure (№ 279–287)
The last class to be considered includes a few Karachay tunes whose recursive (domed) structure suggests that they constitute a more recent style (Ex.13). I arranged the tunes by cadences (№ 279–287). I am going to embark on this structure in more detail in the chapter on analogies between Karachay and Hungarian folk music.
Ex.13. Four long lines with domed structure and V(5)b3 cadences
