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S An Introduction to
that is to fay, Flat or Sharp, and doth onlyferve
for the flatting and fliarping of Notes , and therefore
it is called 3 fa, 3 mi ; the "B fa flgnifies fiat , the
2? mi,Jharp. The 33fa y or 3 flat, is known on i?«/e
or Space by this mark [b] ; and the S mi , which is
jW/>, by this IyI-
But thefe two Rules you are to obferve of them
both : Firft , the 2 fa, or IS flat , doth alter both
the name and property of the Notes before which
it is placed, and is called Fa, making that Note
half a Tone or Sound lower than it was before.
Secondly, the 2?w', or Hflwp, alters the pro-
perty of the Notes before which it is placed , but
not the Name ; for it is ufually placed either before
£a or Sol , and they retain their Names itill , but
their Sound is raifed half a Tone or Sound higher.
Ifyte , That thefe two 2? Cliffs are placed not
only at the beginning of the Ltnes with the other
Cliff, but are ufually put to feveral Notes in the
middle^ of any Song or lellbn for the flatting and
fiarping them , as the Harmony of the Mulick re-
quires.
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A brief Rule for V roving the JVotes in my.
§ong or Leffon.
FIRST obferve with which of the three ufual
Cliffs your Soag or Leflbn is figned with at the
beginnings if it be with the (j fql re ut Cliff", then
if the Note be above it , whofe Name and Place
you