The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . er Figures have Re-courfe thereunto, in order to denote what kind of Notesthe Triple doth confift of.—Ex. gr. Suppofe the Mood bemarkd thus : ?!-, then the 2 underneath imports, that theTriple muft confift of Minims ; and as 2 Minims make oneBar, in Common-Time, the 3 over the 2 directs, that youmuft fing 3 Minims (in Triple-Time) to 2 in Common-Time:So the 4 hath Regard to Crotchets, and 8 to Quavers, &c—But, to fet the whole in a clearer Light, I f

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The elements of musick display'd; or, Its grammar, or ground-work made easy: rudimental, practical, philosophical, historical, and technical .. . er Figures have Re-courfe thereunto, in order to denote what kind of Notesthe Triple doth confift of.—Ex. gr. Suppofe the Mood bemarkd thus : ?!-, then the 2 underneath imports, that theTriple muft confift of Minims ; and as 2 Minims make oneBar, in Common-Time, the 3 over the 2 directs, that youmuft fing 3 Minims (in Triple-Time) to 2 in Common-Time:So the 4 hath Regard to Crotchets, and 8 to Quavers, &c—But, to fet the whole in a clearer Light, I fhall illuftrateeach Mood feparately, as follows : 1. The firjl, and generally the Jlowejl Mood in Tripla-Time is Sefquialtera Proportion (or Double Triple) being aTriple-Meafure of 3 Minims to 2, fuch-like iVtfto in C^w-mon-lime, and performd in the fame Time ; which is halfas quick again, or one third quicker than Common-Time, inevery Bar : Two to be performd down, arid ew up, markdthus : ~. So that each Minim, in every Bar, is ##£ /&r^diminiftid from thofe in Common-Time. Three to , 2,3. 1,2, 3. 1,2, 3. 1,2, 3. 1,2, d u, d u, d u,

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