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Chants australian. songs are short - a second, tertz, less often a quart volume, with a characteristic repetition of sounds of the same height or constructed in the form of a descending, received, as if “sliding” scale. The scale of the scale sometimes expands to an octave or more (Ch. Arr. In the tunes of Central Australia). For traditional tunes typical rhythmic. formulas developed in the process of beating the rhythm in the performance of songs that accompany dancing. The rhythm of some tunes associated with hunting ritual dances is a kind of imitation of kangaroo jumping, as well as the movements of other animals. For the choir. The singing is characterized by often repeated octave, sometimes quart and quinte doubling of the melody, as if “thickening” the melody, some of which are modern. Researchers see the beginnings of polyphony.