An essay towards a rational system of music . in thefe, the fifth takes theuppermoft place, whereas the third is higheft in thofe ; and inthe omiffions the third is here caft out, and the fifth retained tothe laft ; whereas there the fifth is caft out, and the third re-tained : and in truth, if any refemblance be found between theeffects of the different founds of a ^ P, and thofe of a [3 P chord,we muft compare the third of a ^ P chord with the fifth of a\) P ; and the fifth of a $ P chord with the third cf a \j P; as willappear upon a careful examination and trial of thefe bar I
An essay towards a rational system of music . in thefe, the fifth takes theuppermoft place, whereas the third is higheft in thofe ; and inthe omiffions the third is here caft out, and the fifth retained tothe laft ; whereas there the fifth is caft out, and the third re-tained : and in truth, if any refemblance be found between theeffects of the different founds of a ^ P, and thofe of a [3 P chord,we muft compare the third of a ^ P chord with the fifth of a\) P ; and the fifth of a $ P chord with the third cf a \j P; as willappear upon a careful examination and trial of thefe bar I differs from the former, in both examples, only in I vz*]P fa/.;. H 1. K. K. i. M. X. X. Q. P. Q. R. S. Aturnd-Shakc Ex.^XXl. A pi sin Sh»kr expltind. Ex. \Y^\\.At>Bogg/afu>-a. i^rffff^fwffl llfr MfN. J Bid. ^-y^V^^gg IT Ei XXXIV. Hi rrrrrrnr-rrrt ~6—6—t>—o . 4—4~?—4 ^ T* •Si—rS s =i ^^ffi^Wp i^j ppf^pE «-r-6—6 -6 > 4—4—* 4 m Chap. VI. Examples offinal andmedialChords. Scheme of all the ferfetl Chords in the natural Scale, yi the order of the founds, the harmonics being deprefled belowthe double octave of the fundamental. The chords in the bar K, in both examples, may be juftlyefteemed medial, on account of their imperfection, althoughthey are erebl : the fir ft of thefe is the whole chord brought downinto the firft octave above the fundamental, and in this fixati-on the harmonics are too far deprefled below their natural Art. [35. The fecond chords of this bar K have only one,aod that the more allowable one, of the harmonics, in this de-prefled fituation : for it may be obferved, that the note whichmod naturally (lands uppermoft can leaft be allowed to be plac-ed next the fundamental; and therefore the fifth of a % P chordis moressaytowardsratihold
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