Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
*9
CHAP. III.
The Cliffs reduced to one Vniverfd
Charatfer.
THAT intolerable perplexity
which arofe from the Alterati-
on of Cliffs., caufed fome charitable.,
but lazy Wit, to invent Tableture 5
whereby the Notes are Mechanically
clouded in Letters, and fo darkly,that
the moft quick-fighted Mufick-mafter
himfelf, can't tell what they mean, till
he finds out the Tuning of the Instru-
ment, and then produces the Sound 5
which if expreffed in Notes, might
be under ftood at firft view: whiift;
that the Scholar who is this way in-
ftru&ed, is condemned ever to be ig-
norant of the rational part of his Mu-
ficki and never to Play any thing,
but what he hath pracYifed before, or
elfe is well acquainted with the hu-
mour of it.
For the Voice, and thofe Inftru-
ments that are not able cobe expreffed
by Letters, people learn by rote, and
quickly forget again, what like Par-
rots they ignorantly prated. I would
C 2 there-
CHAP. III.
The Cliffs reduced to one Vniverfd
Charatfer.
THAT intolerable perplexity
which arofe from the Alterati-
on of Cliffs., caufed fome charitable.,
but lazy Wit, to invent Tableture 5
whereby the Notes are Mechanically
clouded in Letters, and fo darkly,that
the moft quick-fighted Mufick-mafter
himfelf, can't tell what they mean, till
he finds out the Tuning of the Instru-
ment, and then produces the Sound 5
which if expreffed in Notes, might
be under ftood at firft view: whiift;
that the Scholar who is this way in-
ftru&ed, is condemned ever to be ig-
norant of the rational part of his Mu-
ficki and never to Play any thing,
but what he hath pracYifed before, or
elfe is well acquainted with the hu-
mour of it.
For the Voice, and thofe Inftru-
ments that are not able cobe expreffed
by Letters, people learn by rote, and
quickly forget again, what like Par-
rots they ignorantly prated. I would
C 2 there-
Set display mode to: Large image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (45) Page 19 |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/94569896 |
|---|---|
| Description | Chapter III. The cliffs reduced to one universal character. |
| Description | By casting away the perplexity of different cliffs. And uniting all sorts of musick lute, viol, violin, organ, harpsechord, voice, &c. in one universal character. By Thomas Salmon, Master of Arts of Trinity College in Oxford.. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Ing.8 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
More information
|
|
| Description | Scottish and English songs, military music and keyboard music of the 18th and 19th centuries. These items are from the collection of Alexander Wood Inglis of Glencorse (1854 to 1929). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises and other books on the subject. |
|---|
| Description | The 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. |
|---|