The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . tes in the Scale direct. To Play well on the Organ, Harpficord or Spinnet, islearnt from a diligent Practice, and. by being thoroughlywell acquainted with the Gamut, lime, and all other Cha-racters belonging to Mufick ; and fo well acquainted withConcord, and Difcord as to fee through the whole Compa-ction, in order to ftrike all the Parts together ; for whichlnjlrument s, all Mufick in Parts ought to be fet in Score ;that is, all Parts one under ano
The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . tes in the Scale direct. To Play well on the Organ, Harpficord or Spinnet, islearnt from a diligent Practice, and. by being thoroughlywell acquainted with the Gamut, lime, and all other Cha-racters belonging to Mufick ; and fo well acquainted withConcord, and Difcord as to fee through the whole Compa-ction, in order to ftrike all the Parts together ; for whichlnjlrument s, all Mufick in Parts ought to be fet in Score ;that is, all Parts one under another, and Bar againft Bar. § 4- Of go The Elements of MUSIC K made Eafy, &c. § 4. Of the Thorougli-Bafs. TH E greateft Performance on thefe Kind of Inftru-mints, is the Thorough-Bafs, k having Figures placedeither over, or under the Notes thereof, in order to directthe Performer to fbrike in fuch Chords, Notes, or Parts fromthe Ground or Bafs ; fuch as ids, %ds, ^.ths, §thsy 6thst*]ths, or Sths, &c. For which Reafon the PerformerOught to be well versd in the Rules of Compofition, & for EXAMPLE. ^T^P^|f(>~~^P~f~ *~j~!~. It is to be obferved, that where fingle Flats are onlymarkd, that thofe Flats or Sharps denote that you are toplay Flat or Sharp Thirds ; and that where nothing ismarkd, then Common-Concords are to be playd, &c.—Al-fo where ^ths, yths, &c. which are Difcords, are onlymarkd, they are only fet to introduce other Common-Con-cords to follow ; that is, fuch as lie next -, or the nearefl:Interval to follow, as the Rules of Compofttion will admit. Obferve, that in the Diatonick-Scale, B, E, and A, areSharp Notes \ and that F, C, and G, are Flat Notes ; andthat all Sharp Notes naturally require Flat $ds ; and allFlat Notes require Sharp %ds.—Alio, when the Bafs rifesa Fourth, or falls a Fifth, to make a Clofe, a 6th is thengenerally left out. And although many Authors do only mark their %dswith fingle Flats, or Sharps \ and alfo $.ths, 6ths, jths9&c. and om
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