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1 An IntroduSlion to
Thefe fix Notes were uled for many Years part
in this order Aicending and Defending but now
four are only in uie, viz,. Sol, La, Mi, Fa, (To that
(Lit and B,f are changed into Sol and U which are
fufficient to expreis the feveral Sounds, and are
lcis burthenibm to the Practitioner's Memory.
Example. 5-x— $— £~?~_~:rzz:z:zi:: : :
' SoT£a Mi Fa Sol La Fa y '
feefides the Names of thele Notes, theie is ufed
iii our Sfttfk of Mnfich, called the Gam-ut, (even 1
Letters of iht Alphabet, which are fee in the firfti
Column^at the beginning of each Rule and space,,
as G, y/, £, C, D, E, F. And of theie, there arefj
three Septenaries aicending one above die other,
G being the firft, agreeing with the third Letter;
in the Greek Alphabet called Gammn, and is made]
thus inG-eck x, in EpglijhG, (the fit-ft Derivation
thereof being from the ancient Greeks) as you may;
fee in the Scale of Mrfck at the end of this Chapters
Thele feven Letters are called Cliff's, or morj
properly Cleave, and the Syllables adjoyning tcl
them are the Names of the Notes. By the three)
Septenaries, are diftirtguinYd the three feveral Pany
of Mufick into which the Scale is divided ; Firft P
the Baffm t which is the loweft Part ; Secondly
the Mean, or middle Part; and Thirdly, t
Treble, or highelt Part ; fo that according to th
three Septenaries ,Gim.ut is the loweft Note.andj
E la the highelt. And thefe, the uliial G
in Mr. Mmey y and others, did not exceed j bUfj
there are many Notes ufed,both above and belowj
and