The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . Wind Mufick, &c. There arefeveral Sizes, viz. Trombone-maggiore, for the Tenor.—Trombone-fecundo, a 2d.—Trombone-terza, a 3d.—Trombonequarto, 2l 4th -, and the Key of each is generally F-faut;and to as many Offaves as its Length will admit j forwhich thtSackbut or Serpent Makers have a Scale, whichthey fix thereon, to (hew how far they muft be lengthenedor fhortened to found the Tones^ as we do our Fitch-pipes, &c. chap. vin. Of the Guitarra Spaniola
The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . Wind Mufick, &c. There arefeveral Sizes, viz. Trombone-maggiore, for the Tenor.—Trombone-fecundo, a 2d.—Trombone-terza, a 3d.—Trombonequarto, 2l 4th -, and the Key of each is generally F-faut;and to as many Offaves as its Length will admit j forwhich thtSackbut or Serpent Makers have a Scale, whichthey fix thereon, to (hew how far they muft be lengthenedor fhortened to found the Tones^ as we do our Fitch-pipes, &c. chap. vin. Of the Guitarra Spaniola or Citern. THE Guitar is called a Spanijh (hinged Inftrument^having generally 4 double Wire Strings, and 2Tingle Strings, from the Bridge to the Screws, in Formlike the Violin ; and pulled with the Fingers and Thumbof the Right Hand, and flopped or fretted at the fameTime with the Fingers of the Left Hand ; and moftlyufed by young Ladies to play in Concert, or fing with, & being in Effect only a fmall Lute. The Names of theOpen Strings, and Frets on each ftand thus: H Nutt. 102 The Elements of MUSICK made Eafy, Sec:. The loweft open String foundeth Cfaut, in the 5th open is E-lami, a 3d higher than 4th open is G-folreut, a 4th higher than 3d open is C-folfaut, a 4th higher than 2d open is E-la, a 4th higher than 1 ft open is G-folreut in Alt, a 3d higher than of thefe Strings being (topped or fretted where theLines crofs them, will perform the Notes in this Scale : The Gamut on the Guitar.
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