Archive image from page 184 of The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni10rees Year: 1819 COUNTERPOINT. /harps, of which we fhall fpeak hereafter. See the terms Major, Minor, and Key. Concords are the unifon Sth, 5th, 4th in a common chord, and with a 6th. The only intervals that can rife and fall together, gradually, are the jds, and 6ths, and of thefe the union and progrefs are unlimited. An entire movement may be compofed in any notes of the time table, put into meafure, confilling of nothing but
Archive image from page 184 of The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni10rees Year: 1819 COUNTERPOINT. /harps, of which we fhall fpeak hereafter. See the terms Major, Minor, and Key. Concords are the unifon Sth, 5th, 4th in a common chord, and with a 6th. The only intervals that can rife and fall together, gradually, are the jds, and 6ths, and of thefe the union and progrefs are unlimited. An entire movement may be compofed in any notes of the time table, put into meafure, confilling of nothing but a feries of ;ds, or 6ths. Sit Plate VI. N° 3. For the fundamental bafe to every found of the fcales major and minor, afcending and defcending. See Plate VI. See in Plate XII. an afcending and defcending fcale with two fundamental bales to each note, and another with three fundamental bafts. Afcending and defcending fcales in the bafe, with a treble, or difcast. Sec PlateVil. A fuppofed bafc to the fcale afcending and defcending, major and minor. Plate VII. III. The unifon Sth, 5th, and 4th, are called perfect concords, as they admit of no change, without becoming difcords. â No two of thefe are allowed to rife or fall together, gradual- ly, or by a leap. For a bafe, or 3d part, to a feries of jds and 6ths. See PlateVil. N° 2. Suppofed bafe to the fcales. lb. 3. The fundamental, or principal bafe, is that which carries a common chord, as a 3d, 5th, or 8th, or two of the three, or all three together. The three fundamental bafes to every key, are the key- notes, the 5th above, and 5th below, or 4th and 5th of every key ; in the common chords of which bafes the ftu- dtnt may pick out a regular feries of founds. Example in C major. o ~?$ Example in A minor. â Zr â e- -o- '- -eâ°- I See Thorough-/?, Basso Principals, and Plate II. Out of the fcale of each key, he mould try to form melodies in various meafures ; at firft, totally without ac- companiment, and then from
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