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20 The Defign Applyed,
therefore by one fteady fettlement,
bring Notes to be as eafje as Letters ;;
and (o introduce our fore-rnentioned
Practitioners into a more underftand-
ing ways as alio to'fave that Infinite
Expence of Time and Trouble, which
fome Lovers of Mufick were content
jo undergo.
The prefent Practice is to make
three Cliffs, whofe Notes, by which
they are called, are a fifth above one
another 5 and according to the moil:
converiiency in writing, are ufually
affigned to their places in the Scheme,-
^r
^=&^
4^-
Where you firft learn to know the
Notes in fuch a different fituation,
that fometimes the lowermofl: line is g.
fometimes f. fometimes e. and confe-
qucntly all other lines and fpaces
fufter the like perplexed variety.
Where; whb can conceive how great
the difficulty muft be, if from only
obferving-the Cliff Notes at the be-
ginning of the line, we muft (uddenly,
but
therefore by one fteady fettlement,
bring Notes to be as eafje as Letters ;;
and (o introduce our fore-rnentioned
Practitioners into a more underftand-
ing ways as alio to'fave that Infinite
Expence of Time and Trouble, which
fome Lovers of Mufick were content
jo undergo.
The prefent Practice is to make
three Cliffs, whofe Notes, by which
they are called, are a fifth above one
another 5 and according to the moil:
converiiency in writing, are ufually
affigned to their places in the Scheme,-
^r
^=&^
4^-
Where you firft learn to know the
Notes in fuch a different fituation,
that fometimes the lowermofl: line is g.
fometimes f. fometimes e. and confe-
qucntly all other lines and fpaces
fufter the like perplexed variety.
Where; whb can conceive how great
the difficulty muft be, if from only
obferving-the Cliff Notes at the be-
ginning of the line, we muft (uddenly,
but
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (46) Page 20 |
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| 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.. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.8 |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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