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Rh The tones are modified in combination. In words of two or more syllables all the tones but that of the ultimate syllable are changed, except the 7th, which is always the same. The 1st, 5th and 8th are changed into one and the same even tone, which is a little higher than the 7th. The 2d is changed into the 1st, the 3d nearly into the 2d, and the 4th into the 8th, or nearly so.