. A compendium: or, introduction to practical music. In five parts. ... By Christopher Sympson . y or Arch ^> is commonly fet at theend of a Song, or Leflbn> to fignific the Clofe, orConclufion. It is alfo fet, fometimes, over cer-tain particular Notes in the middle of Songs,when (for humour) we are to infift, or ftay a littleupon the faid Notes; and thereupon it is calleda Stay, or Hold, § 8. Of driving ^ N o T e. SYNCOPE, or driving a Note, is, when afteff^rne fhorterNote which begins the ,or Half-meafure, there immediately follow two,three, or more Notes of a greater quantity,
. A compendium: or, introduction to practical music. In five parts. ... By Christopher Sympson . y or Arch ^> is commonly fet at theend of a Song, or Leflbn> to fignific the Clofe, orConclufion. It is alfo fet, fometimes, over cer-tain particular Notes in the middle of Songs,when (for humour) we are to infift, or ftay a littleupon the faid Notes; and thereupon it is calleda Stay, or Hold, § 8. Of driving ^ N o T e. SYNCOPE, or driving a Note, is, when afteff^rne fhorterNote which begins the ,or Half-meafure, there immediately follow two,three, or more Notes of a greater quantity, be-fore you meet with another fhort Note (like thatwhich began the driving) to make the numbereven ; as when an odd Crotchet comes before two,three, or more Minuins; or an odd Quaver beforetwo, three, or more Crotchets, To lacilitate this, divide always the greaterNote into two of the Lefler j that is, il they beMinums, divide them into two Crotchets a piece ; i£Crotchets, into two Quavers» C 2 £ A- 20 I. J Compendium ^/ M u si c»E X J MT L E. fol fot fa mi la fol U fol fa mi la fol A^.
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