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COMPENDIUM
O F
Praaical MUSIC.
The Firft PART.
Teaching the Rudiments £>/Sokg,
§ 1. Of the Scale ^/MUSICK.
THE End and Office of the S c a l e of
Music, is to fhew the Degrees by
which a Voice Natural or Artificial
may either afcend or defcend. Thefe
Degrees are numbred by Sevens. To
fpeak of the Myftery of that Number, were to
deviate from the Bufinefs in hand. Let it fufEce
that Music may be taught by any names of
things, fo the number of Seven be obfer/d in Af-
cend ing or Defcending by degites.
Our CorHmon Scale, to mark or diflinguifhthofe '
^even Degrees, makes ufe of the fame feven Let-
B ters

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Compendium, or, Introduction to practical music
DescriptionIn five parts. By Christopher Sympson. London : Printed by W. Pearson, 1732.
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.