The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . T A Semididpafon, Sept. Major, or ) I A Greater Seventh —? J A Sept. Minor, or Lefler Seventh —A Hexacbord-Major, or Greater SixthA Hexacbord-Minor, or Lefler Sixth A Diapente, or Perfett Fifth C A Semidiapente, or Minor Fifth )\ A Tritone, or Greater Fourth JA DiateJJaron, or Perfect Fourth — A Ditone, or Major Third —i A Semiditone, or Minor Third A 7W, or Major Second ? iA Semitone, or Minor Second —-—?A UnJ/on, or One Sound _ Number ofSemitones.
The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . T A Semididpafon, Sept. Major, or ) I A Greater Seventh —? J A Sept. Minor, or Lefler Seventh —A Hexacbord-Major, or Greater SixthA Hexacbord-Minor, or Lefler Sixth A Diapente, or Perfett Fifth C A Semidiapente, or Minor Fifth )\ A Tritone, or Greater Fourth JA DiateJJaron, or Perfect Fourth — A Ditone, or Major Third —i A Semiditone, or Minor Third A 7W, or Major Second ? iA Semitone, or Minor Second —-—?A UnJ/on, or One Sound _ Number ofSemitones. —10— 9 oQ s Obferve, that the Particle Semi, in Smidiapafon, Semi-diapente, Semiditone, &c. in the 7*<z£/tf above, does not meanthe Half oi fuch an Interval-, but fignifies, that it wantsa Semitcne of its Perfection : The Semidiapafon and GreaterSeventh, being both but one Interval; and include in eachthe fame Number of Semitones -, in like Manner is theGreater Fourth, or lmperfett, or Minor-Fifth. A Scale 73 The Elements of M U SIC K made Eajy, &c, puBH-jijSi-ai im—. Semitones | Proper Keys. Of the Organ, Sec. Book III. 79 EXP[LAN AT ION. This Scale is drawn in a very praclical Form, in thethree ufual Cliffs •, The Vocal-«SY*/<? by Way of Sol-Fa%and the Infirumental-Scale by Way of Letters : The Pro-per-Keys are commonly Black, and Tuned according to thecommon Scale oi Mufic ; all 8ths or Oclaves being the veryfame again both above and below. The Short-Keys arecommonly white, and Tuned Semi or Half-Tones, fixedbetween the Whole-Tones : and uied to make any Tone^ ei-ther Flat, or Sharp, &c. Obferve, That in the <%?«» ofevery 8th, or Oclave, there are two natural Half-Tones, B to C, and from E to F; all the reft being Whole-Toner (in every Oftave) both above and below ?, un]efs theyzreTranJpofed to other Places by the Help of Flats, or Sharps;which the Gamut, and other Rules belore-mentioned, willplainly demonftrare, &c. The Keys of an H
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