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%6 An Introdutthn U
by a Semibrcve^ which you muft divide into fou|,
equal Parts, telling me, two, three, four, diftin&ly.
putting your Hand or Foot down when you ten
one; and taking it up when you tell three 1 fo that
you are as long down as up. Stand by a large
ChambeivClock, and beat your Hand or Foot
( as I have before obferved ) to the flow M*
tions of the Pendulum , telling one, two y with'
your Hand down as you hear it ftrike, an#
'.•«, four, with your Hand up ; which Meafur$
I would have you obferve in this flow fort of Com\
mon-Time: Alio you muft obferve to have youra
Hand or Foot down at die beginning of every*
Bar.
The fecond fort of Common-Time is a littlJi
fafter, which is known by the Mood, having a
ftroak drawn through it, thus (f .
The third fort of Common-Time is quickefr oj
all, and then the Mood is retorted thus 1) ; yotj]
Jtiay tell one, two, thrc., four, in a Bar, a!mo(r as
faff, as the regular Motions of a Watch. The
French Mxrk for this retoited Tine, Is a largS
Figure of 2.
There are two other forts of Time ^ which may;
be reckoned amongft Common-Ttmc for the equali
divifion of the Bar with the Hand or Foot urij
and down: The nrft of which is called Six m
four, each Bar containing fix Crotchta, or fix*
(Quavers, three to be fung with the Hand down,,
and three up, and is marked thus$, butverjj
brisk, and is always ufed in Jig*,
The other fort is called Twelve to <?
each Bar containing twelve ffeavtrs } fii
with