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2 An IniroAutfion to
Thefe fix Notes were ufed for many years paft
in this order ? Afeend iflg and DefttnAwg^ but now
four are only in ufe , vtz^ Sol, La, Mi, Fa, (fa that -
tit and He are changed into Sol and La) which are
fufficient to exprefs the feveral Sounds, and are
lefs burthenfome to the Practitioner's Memory . '
* » * * *
Sxample. g- ^ $ > ^
Sol La M Fa Sol La Fa Sol
Befides the Names of thefe Notes, there is ufed
in our Scale of *JPfiijick,cil]cd the Cjam-ut, feven
Letters of the zAlflmhet, which are fet in the firft
Column , at the Beginning of each Rule and Space,
as <j, *A) 'By C, 2>, S, F. And of thefe there are
'lliree Septenaries afcending one above the ot&er^
9 being put firft, agreeing with the third Letter
in the ^reek^ Alphabet called Cjamma, and is made
thus r in (jnek, in Snglijh (j, (the firft Derivation
thereof being from the ancient Cjreeks) as you may
fee in the Scale of Mafakpt the end of this Chapter .
Thefe feven Letters are called Cliffs , or more
properly Cleaves, and the Syllables adjoyning to
them are the Names of the Notes. By the three
Septenaries are diftinguifhed the three feveral Pans
of Mufick into which the Scale is djvided j firft ,
the TBajfus, which is the low eft Part j fecondly,
the Mean or middle Part - 7 and thirdly , the
Treble or highcft Parr U ib that according to thefe
three Septenaries , Cja/n-ut is the loweft Note y
and E U the higheih And thefe , the ufual <$am~
win Mr- ^ for ley and others did not exceed*/ but.
t :i°re. aja r$any -lsJ"ot«s ufeii bpth afcovc aMttelpw,
and
Thefe fix Notes were ufed for many years paft
in this order ? Afeend iflg and DefttnAwg^ but now
four are only in ufe , vtz^ Sol, La, Mi, Fa, (fa that -
tit and He are changed into Sol and La) which are
fufficient to exprefs the feveral Sounds, and are
lefs burthenfome to the Practitioner's Memory . '
* » * * *
Sxample. g- ^ $ > ^
Sol La M Fa Sol La Fa Sol
Befides the Names of thefe Notes, there is ufed
in our Scale of *JPfiijick,cil]cd the Cjam-ut, feven
Letters of the zAlflmhet, which are fet in the firft
Column , at the Beginning of each Rule and Space,
as <j, *A) 'By C, 2>, S, F. And of thefe there are
'lliree Septenaries afcending one above the ot&er^
9 being put firft, agreeing with the third Letter
in the ^reek^ Alphabet called Cjamma, and is made
thus r in (jnek, in Snglijh (j, (the firft Derivation
thereof being from the ancient Cjreeks) as you may
fee in the Scale of Mafakpt the end of this Chapter .
Thefe feven Letters are called Cliffs , or more
properly Cleaves, and the Syllables adjoyning to
them are the Names of the Notes. By the three
Septenaries are diftinguifhed the three feveral Pans
of Mufick into which the Scale is djvided j firft ,
the TBajfus, which is the low eft Part j fecondly,
the Mean or middle Part - 7 and thirdly , the
Treble or highcft Parr U ib that according to thefe
three Septenaries , Cja/n-ut is the loweft Note y
and E U the higheih And thefe , the ufual <$am~
win Mr- ^ for ley and others did not exceed*/ but.
t :i°re. aja r$any -lsJ"ot«s ufeii bpth afcovc aMttelpw,
and
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Special collections of printed music > Inglis Collection of printed music > Printed text > Introduction to the skill of musick > (22) Page 2 |
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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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