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Thofe in the Meafure or Proportion of Time are
eight, as a Large, Long, Breve, Semibreve, Minim ,
Crotchet, Quaver, and Semiquaver, exprelTed at the
beginning of this Chapter : The four firft are Notes
of Augmentation or Increafe , the four laft of'
Diminution or Decreafe. The Large is the firft of
Augmentation, being lpngeit in found : In Time,
or Meafure, it is the Mafier-Note , being of one
certain Meafure by it felf: By which all the other
Notes , both of Augmentation and Diminution ,
are meafured by or proportioned to its value. The
Large contains, eight Semibreves , the Long four,
and the Breve two, the Semibreve one. The Notes
of Diminution , viz.. zJMinim, Crotchet, Quaver,
and Semiquaver are reckoned to , as the others were
meafured by the Semibreve ; and, according to the
ordinary proportion of Time, two Minims are
accounted to the Semibreve , two Crotchets to the
Minim , two Quavers to the Crotchet , and two
Semiquavers to the Quaver.
Example.
Notes of Diminution.
Notes of Augmentation.
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Thofe in the Meafure or Proportion of Time are
eight, as a Large, Long, Breve, Semibreve, Minim ,
Crotchet, Quaver, and Semiquaver, exprelTed at the
beginning of this Chapter : The four firft are Notes
of Augmentation or Increafe , the four laft of'
Diminution or Decreafe. The Large is the firft of
Augmentation, being lpngeit in found : In Time,
or Meafure, it is the Mafier-Note , being of one
certain Meafure by it felf: By which all the other
Notes , both of Augmentation and Diminution ,
are meafured by or proportioned to its value. The
Large contains, eight Semibreves , the Long four,
and the Breve two, the Semibreve one. The Notes
of Diminution , viz.. zJMinim, Crotchet, Quaver,
and Semiquaver are reckoned to , as the others were
meafured by the Semibreve ; and, according to the
ordinary proportion of Time, two Minims are
accounted to the Semibreve , two Crotchets to the
Minim , two Quavers to the Crotchet , and two
Semiquavers to the Quaver.
Example.
Notes of Diminution.
Notes of Augmentation.
t$ $ $ W 9* ill}} III
mmwnimw..
- - f HA P.
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| Description | In three books the first contains the grounds and rules of musick, acording to the gam-ut, and other principles thereof, the second, instructions and lessons both for the bass-viol and treble-violin, the third, The art of descant, or, Composing of musick in parts, in a more plain and easie method than any heretofore published By John Playford. |
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| Shelfmark | Ing.5 |
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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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