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Whatfoever is molt natural,is always
mofteafie: Now, Nature her felf hath
made this Divifion by Octaves 5 and af-
ter the compleating of them,brings her
Mufick into the fame pofture 5 which af-
fures me, that however ufe hath hi-
therto obtained to make five Notes
the diftance of a ClifT,yet I have a good
Foundation to juftifie my altering the
prefent way of writing, and to efta-
blilh it only by Octaves. I will tell
you a pretty Experiment of a Pipe,
or Flageolet, to this purpofe, blow
with a foft,or gentle breath,one of the
lower Notes of the Pipe, and let the
flops remain the fame, only encreafing
your breath by degrees, and you (hall
find, that no intermediate higher Note
will found, till at laft it breaks forth
into an Octave.
Thus the voice doth naturally in-
cline to alter it felf by eight Notes,
and confequently, will beft conform
to the writing by this fuppofition,
though it understood not the change
upon a fifths and therefore a Song
was always carried on in the fame
Cliff it begun 5 yet if it (hall be found
troublefom to alter the Octave in the
middle of a Song, though eight Notes
be
Whatfoever is molt natural,is always
mofteafie: Now, Nature her felf hath
made this Divifion by Octaves 5 and af-
ter the compleating of them,brings her
Mufick into the fame pofture 5 which af-
fures me, that however ufe hath hi-
therto obtained to make five Notes
the diftance of a ClifT,yet I have a good
Foundation to juftifie my altering the
prefent way of writing, and to efta-
blilh it only by Octaves. I will tell
you a pretty Experiment of a Pipe,
or Flageolet, to this purpofe, blow
with a foft,or gentle breath,one of the
lower Notes of the Pipe, and let the
flops remain the fame, only encreafing
your breath by degrees, and you (hall
find, that no intermediate higher Note
will found, till at laft it breaks forth
into an Octave.
Thus the voice doth naturally in-
cline to alter it felf by eight Notes,
and confequently, will beft conform
to the writing by this fuppofition,
though it understood not the change
upon a fifths and therefore a Song
was always carried on in the fame
Cliff it begun 5 yet if it (hall be found
troublefom to alter the Octave in the
middle of a Song, though eight Notes
be
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (62) Page 34 |
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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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