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'i i A Compendium <?/ M u s i c.
later Authors, though I make a doubt whethetHi
Semihreves and Minums (at lead Minums) were e-!
ver ufed in this Mood. Its Sign was this, ©3. i
The fecond Mood had the Name of PerfeB of
the Lefs, In this, a Large contained two Longs, a I
Long two Breves, a Breve three Semihreves, and a
Semibreve two Minums, The 7/?«^, or Meafure-
Note in this M?0(i was the Br^i'^, the Sign or Mark
of this Mood, was this, O ^.
The third Mood was named ImperjeB of the
More, In which a X^rgc^ contained two Zo/^gi", a
£oKg two Breves, a £r^^'^ two Semihreves, and a
Semibreve (which \^^s the T'ime-Note in this Muod)
contained three Minums. Its ]^ark or Sign was
this, (3. ' I
The meafure of thefe three Moods was Iripla, ,
of which more hereafter. To tell you their Di- !
flijjdion of Mood, 'time, and Prolation, were to lit^
tie purpofe i the Moods themfelves wherein they
were concerned, being now worn out of ufe.
The fourth Mood they named ImperfeEi of the
Lofs, which we now call the Common Mood, the
other three being laid alide as ufelefs. The Sign
of this Mood is a Semicircle, thus, C, which de-
notes the (loweft Time, and is generally fet be-
fore grave Songs, or LefTons ; the next is this, §
which is a Degree fafler, the next Mark thus, $
or thus, 2> and is very fall:, and denote^ the
quickeft Movement in this Meafure of Commm
Time ; as lor Yripla T^ime, I fhall fpeak of it here-
after. In this Meafure of Common 'Time, one Se-
m'wreve which is the longeft Note, contains 2
Minums, ^Crotchets, 8 Quavers, &c. which (for
your better underflanding) is prefented to our
View m the following Scheme,
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