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The three uptal Vlai?i Songs for Tuning the Voice , with
the proper Letters of the Names of the Notes.
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which is from Sol to Mi, at your firft Ttining found
by degrees all three Notes, as Sol La Mi , then at
fecond Tuning leave out La, the middle Note,
and fo you will Time from Sol to Mi, which is a I
Third. This Rule ferves for the riling of Fourths
or Fifths , &c. as your third Plain Song in the next
Page directs.
Obferve, that in the Tuning your Voice you ftrive
to have it clear.
Alfo in the exprefling your Voice, or Tuning of
Notes , let the Sound come clear form your throat,
and not through the teeth, by fucking in your breath,
for that is a great obftru&ion to the clear utterance
of the Voice.
Laftly, obferve , that in Tuning your firft Note
of your plain Song , you equal it fo to the pitch of
of your Voice , that when you come to your highelfc
Note, you may reach it without fqueaking, and
your loweft Note without grumbling.
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