. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. GREEK MUSIC. fin ava, tji; XsIijij* rx Si Aaxsn t»i; x^Jwsaf. Introd. Muf. edit. Meibom. p. 2.) We are told, not only by Alypius, but by Gaudentius, p. 23, tliat of the two rows of letters ufed for muiical charaAcrs, the upper is for the words, that is, to be fling, and the under to he played. And he afterwards proves them to have been unilons to each other, both by liis defini- tions and by placing them oppoiite to the fame found in ail the fcales. In this author, the notes of the gr
. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. GREEK MUSIC. fin ava, tji; XsIijij* rx Si Aaxsn t»i; x^Jwsaf. Introd. Muf. edit. Meibom. p. 2.) We are told, not only by Alypius, but by Gaudentius, p. 23, tliat of the two rows of letters ufed for muiical charaAcrs, the upper is for the words, that is, to be fling, and the under to he played. And he afterwards proves them to have been unilons to each other, both by liis defini- tions and by placing them oppoiite to the fame found in ail the fcales. In this author, the notes of the great fyftem of the Ly- dian mode in the diatonic genus are arranged D the follow- ing order: 7 T R <D C P M I r u Z E n e A M' I EHrLFCoT<VNZ::, n' Proftamlanomeiios, an imperfcft Zete, and Tau placed liorizontally. 1 r Hypate hypaton, an averted GtWima, and a Gumma diredl. R L Parypate hypaton, an imperfect Beta, and a Gamma inverted. * F Hypaton diatonos, a Phi, and a Digamma. C C Hxpate mefon, Sigma and Sigma. Po Parypate mefon, Rho, and Sigma inverted M "^I Mejon cliatonas, Mu, and a lengthened Pi. I Z Diezeugmenon , as Nete fynemmcnon, was the fame itriiig in the lyre. •& r, Nete diezeugmtnon, horizontal phi, and a fmall Eta lengthened. Xs Trite hyperbolteon, an m\crtedUji/ilon, and an imperfeft jl/pha. M'H' Hyperboleeon diatonos, Mu, and a lengthened Pi, ac- cented. 1 < ' Nete kyperboliton. Iota, and an accented Lambda, placed horizontally. It is from the indefatigable labour of the learned Meibo- mius, in his Commentaries upon ihe ancient Greek mufi- cians, particularly Alypius, that we are able to dtcypher thefe charadcrs; whicli, before his time, had been fo altered, corrupted, disfigured, and confounded, by the ignorance or negligence of the tranfcribers of ancient manulcripts, that they were rendered wholly unintelligible. With our utmoll iludy, reading, and contemplation, we could reduce the Greek notation to no order, nor af
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