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Rh whether the harper plays the air or any kind of variation upon it, as long as he keeps to the fundamental harmony. In this style of Penillion singing there is no burden or chorus, the singer having the whole of the melody to himself, first and second part repeated. What renders it more difficult, is the rule that he must not begin with the melody, but, according to the length of the metre of his stanza, must join the melody at such a point as will enable him to end with it.

The following examples admit of the introduction of two of the most famous melodies in connection with this style of singing.