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ftnitn with a Prickf or Perfection, which is a whole
ime. This fwifter Meafure is ufed in Light
eflbns, as Sarabands, Jigs, and the like.
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This fwifter Trifle Time is fometimes prickUin
lack Notes, which Black Note is of the fameMea-
| ire with t\iQ Minim in the foregoing Example, but
!| feldomufed, becaufe xht Minims are the fame and
Irve as well. ,
For Example.
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TH E Fourth or laft Mood, which is called
the ImferfeB of the Lefs , is when all goes by
|vo , as two Longs to a Large , two Breves to a
i mg , two Semibreves to a Breve , two Minims to a
\emibreve, two Crotchets to a Minim, &c. and
his is called the Dwfk or Semibreve Time, (but many
all it the Common Time, becaufe moft ufcd ; ) and
1 is Mood is thus marked <f and is ufual in Anthems,
'antafies, Pavans, Almans, and the like ^ whofe
leafure is fet down in this following Example.
The JmferfeU of the Lefs (£
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;j Note, 77tof nfc rfcw Common Mood tt fever fed
hus £, if p tofignifie , that the Time 0/ that Lejfon or
\ tozg , fo/ore wfcjc/? tf isfofet, is to be Flay'd or Smg as
I jwj/r ^/» as the ufual Meafure* CHAP.