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1% An IntroduBion U
GHAP. VIII.
Of the Refts or Paufes, of Pricks er Points
of Addition, and tfotes of Syncopation.
PAujes or Rsfts are fllent Characters, or an arti-
ficial omiffion of the Voice or Sound, propor-
tion'd to the Meafure of other Notes according to
their feveral Diftin&ions; which that the Per-j
former may not Reft or Paufe too long or fliort]
before he Plays or Siogs again, there is a Reftj
affigned to every Note : As the Semibreve Reft^
wliich is expreifed by a btroak drawn down-*
Wards from any one of the Five Lines halfj
through the Space between Line and Line J thj
Minim Reft is aicending upward from the Line jj
the Crotchet Reft is turned off like a Tenter-hooH;
\o the right hand, and the Quaver Reft to the left })
the Semiquaver Reft with a double Stroak to tlik
left ; and the Demifemitjuaver Reft with flf triple
Stroak to the left. Now whenever you come tcj
any of rhefe Refts^ you muft ceafe Playing ofl
Singing till you have counted them filendy ac4
fcording to their value in Tim before you plajfl
again $ as when you meet with zSttfiibreveReJtl
Vou mutt be as long filcnt as you would be perj
forming the Semibreve, before you Sing or Platj
^gain; fo of a Crotchet , a Quaver, or the UkeL
II the Stroak fc>e drawn from one Line to ano^
ther> then 'tis two Semibreves ,• if from one Linii
to a third* then 'tis foot Sqtfbtyts : As in drf
Mhmn'" Example. _ ' J
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