. A compendium: or, introduction to practical music. In five parts. ... By Christopher Sympson . ms. By Ref J- as when fuch Refis were fet afcer likeNotes. By Coloury as when any of the greater Notes,which contained three of the lefler, were madeblack ; by which they were diminiflied a thirdPart 01 their Value. Another Sign of Diminution is the turning ofthe Sien ci the Mood backward^ thus i (being ftill. a 8 A Cofn^endhim ^/ M u s i c. flill in Ufe) which requires each Note to bePlayd, or Sung twice fo quick as when it ftandsthe ufual way. Alfo a Dafli, or Stroke throughthe Sign of the Mood t
. A compendium: or, introduction to practical music. In five parts. ... By Christopher Sympson . ms. By Ref J- as when fuch Refis were fet afcer likeNotes. By Coloury as when any of the greater Notes,which contained three of the lefler, were madeblack ; by which they were diminiflied a thirdPart 01 their Value. Another Sign of Diminution is the turning ofthe Sien ci the Mood backward^ thus i (being ftill. a 8 A Cofn^endhim ^/ M u s i c. flill in Ufe) which requires each Note to bePlayd, or Sung twice fo quick as when it ftandsthe ufual way. Alfo a Dafli, or Stroke throughthe Sign of the Mood thus | is properly a Signof Diminution ,• though many dafh it fo, with-out any fuch Intention. They had yet more Signs of Diminution ; asCroffing, or Double-dafhing the Sign of the Mooi;alfo the fetting of Figures to fignilie Diminutionin Dupla, Tripla, Quadruple Proportion •, with o-ther fuch like, which being now out of Ufe, Iwill trouble you no further with them. And thisis as much as I thought neceffary for Tuning andTiming of Notes, w hich is all that belongs tothe Rudiments of
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