An essay towards a rational system of music . $ J&xLEr. s /****%?/& jM-i xl=3 ^^m IE Eocirv: g^s^^^j#M^yp. ExiiVJ m^^^aA^yti^ -4&&&* I K. ^^^a ^SB mm q_jl S Isf IN SP§I F& e ?45 3c) k 5 k 4 &k 4 ,5 k) i B5T4 5K5 K 4 5 f U £ *s g^Wriitg Is a PP * k:) 5 Jc) 5 k) 5 k) 4 3 K 5 E) 5 k 5 i) 5 k I k) 4 5 K -=F 4- 3 [ 95 ] C h a P. X. 0/ Chromatic. Article T is a fa£t fufficiently proved and acknowledg-X ed, thai; all melody is founded on harmony, andthat every finger conforms his founds to certain fundamentalprogreffions, whether he be acquainted with the principles ofmufic or not, if he have a
An essay towards a rational system of music . $ J&xLEr. s /****%?/& jM-i xl=3 ^^m IE Eocirv: g^s^^^j#M^yp. ExiiVJ m^^^aA^yti^ -4&&&* I K. ^^^a ^SB mm q_jl S Isf IN SP§I F& e ?45 3c) k 5 k 4 &k 4 ,5 k) i B5T4 5K5 K 4 5 f U £ *s g^Wriitg Is a PP * k:) 5 Jc) 5 k) 5 k) 4 3 K 5 E) 5 k 5 i) 5 k I k) 4 5 K -=F 4- 3 [ 95 ] C h a P. X. 0/ Chromatic. Article T is a fa£t fufficiently proved and acknowledg-X ed, thai; all melody is founded on harmony, andthat every finger conforms his founds to certain fundamentalprogreffions, whether he be acquainted with the principles ofmufic or not, if he have a natural talent for it. It is as natu-ral to conform our founds to certain fundamental progreffions,in finging. as to conform our attitudes to certain laws of gra-vity and motion, in walking. If it be alked, why we do not moft naturally fing the fun-damental bafs itfelf, our anfwer is, That the diftant leaps bywhich this part ordinarily proceeds are not fo fuitable for thevoice, as the gradual fteps of the fcale which conftitute the mainpart of our melody. The voice moves by f
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