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Organ and Harpfechord. 59
upon the middle line of five, it figni-
fies the key betwixt the two (harps,
and if Tr is placed before the Note,
then the key betwixt the two upper
fharps is intended 5 if M } the key be-
twixt the two middle (harps, iF#, that
between the two lower, and Co of the
reft, which is the only alteration I re-
quire. And who can here find in
their hearts to be quarrelfom and un-
kind, when I fave them fo much, and
put them to fo little trouble ? As that
Almain I have inftanced in, cannot be
pricked in the way now uled under
eight lines, mine requires but five.
And for the fatisfacYion of any, how
much the feveral Oftaves both ap-
pear, and are the fame, let them but
begin their lelTons eight keys inclu-
fively, higher or lower then they
learn'd them , and they (hall find
thernfelves able to play them, as far as
the compafs- of the iuftrument will
permit , but if .my (hou'd be put out
by their fancy Jet them fet their hands
right and (hut their 'eyes, and Tie
warrant them they doit.
Ir rouft not be expected that this
will fa 1 put to very pat on other In-
ftruments, except lq the Tuning of the
Viol
upon the middle line of five, it figni-
fies the key betwixt the two (harps,
and if Tr is placed before the Note,
then the key betwixt the two upper
fharps is intended 5 if M } the key be-
twixt the two middle (harps, iF#, that
between the two lower, and Co of the
reft, which is the only alteration I re-
quire. And who can here find in
their hearts to be quarrelfom and un-
kind, when I fave them fo much, and
put them to fo little trouble ? As that
Almain I have inftanced in, cannot be
pricked in the way now uled under
eight lines, mine requires but five.
And for the fatisfacYion of any, how
much the feveral Oftaves both ap-
pear, and are the fame, let them but
begin their lelTons eight keys inclu-
fively, higher or lower then they
learn'd them , and they (hall find
thernfelves able to play them, as far as
the compafs- of the iuftrument will
permit , but if .my (hou'd be put out
by their fancy Jet them fet their hands
right and (hut their 'eyes, and Tie
warrant them they doit.
Ir rouft not be expected that this
will fa 1 put to very pat on other In-
ftruments, except lq the Tuning of the
Viol
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| Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Essay to the advancement of musick > (93) Page 59 |
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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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