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Vfe of D I s c o R PS. C^
the Defiant that is joined to it ; of which you
may fee hundreds of Examples in my Book named
T'he Divipon Viol, ^d Part j the whole Difcourfe
being upon that Subjed.
Hear again take Notice, that two, three, or
more Notes ftanding together in the fame Line or
Space may be confidered as one entire Note ; and
may admit a Difiord to be joined to any of them,
the firft only accepted.
E X A M P L E.
5 4 3*
8 7 5
3 4 55
Although in this Example, I fliew what Li-
berty you have to ufe Difiords ; where many
Notes fiand together in the fame Line or Space,
which may properly be ufed in Vocal Mufic,
where both the Parts pronounce the fame Words
or Syllables together, yet it is not very ufual in
Mufick made for Inftruments.
§ 3- 0/ S Y N c o P A T I o N.
THE other way in which Difiords are not on-
ly allowed or admitted ; but of moft ex-
cellent Ufe and Ornament in Compofition ; is, in
Syncopation or Binding : That is, when a Note of
one Pare ends and breaks off upon the middle
|of the Note of another Part j as you fee in the
following ExampleSr'
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