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Illustrations in choir accompaniment : with hints in registration : a hand-book (provided with marginal notes for reference) for the use of organ students, organists, and those interested in church music . which is assigned to the obligato ; such motion always attracts the attention ofthe ear. Here proper registration comes into play, for the mtition must not be allowiMJ toobscure the solo voice. The Soprano voice may also be treated with an obligato accompaniment of low compass,although the opportunity will hardly offer so frequently as when the reed lies nearer flic \-oice,as in 73.
Illustrations in choir accompaniment : with hints in registration : a hand-book (provided with marginal notes for reference) for the use of organ students, organists, and those interested in church music . which is assigned to the obligato ; such motion always attracts the attention ofthe ear. Here proper registration comes into play, for the mtition must not be allowiMJ toobscure the solo voice. The Soprano voice may also be treated with an obligato accompaniment of low compass,although the opportunity will hardly offer so frequently as when the reed lies nearer flic \-oice,as in 73. Wlien the low range is to be employed for tlic^ obligato, in connertion withthe Soprano voice, one or more harmonic parts intervene lietween it and the voice, Ioili lopreserve the hannonic completeness of tlie accompaniment and to form a closer union with liuvoice. The folbjwing cxninjilc illi:stratcs tliis: ON OBLIGATO ACCOMPANIMENT AND THE USE OF SOLO-STOPS. 83 EXiVMPLE TO.* Soprano Solo^ 6B^^H£^S^3H|J^3HEfe^>BE^^=E To Him shall prayr uu ceas - ini>; And dai stbEE i=3^ife mmm^m^ -g-. ly vows as - cend, His TZlTZ ——^*i>*-r^g^»^* *-i *-v\«-i-*9» w* 1 tj* g< * \ ^* as^ i. The accompaniment to Example Y6 is essentially in three parts, with certain points treatedin four parts to complete the harmony. The compass of the ohligato in this illustration isvirtually that which should be adopted when it is desired to employ a string-toned stop—thisrange—descending to about the lowest O of the manual—containing their most characteristictones. JSTo special example is needed on this point, but a few words may be said as to their use. Modern organs generally contain at least one string-toned stop of eight feet to each the Great Organ, the Gamla ; upon the Swell, the Salicional; and if the organ possessesthree manuals, a Violin Diapason {Geigen Principal) or Keraidophon upon the Choir Gamba of the Great Organ is ordinarily too powerful t
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