Scan 156
The American history and encyclopedia of music, 1910
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1may be written on three different degrees, as #D, bE, or bbF; the tone G may also be written as ×F or bbA. But the tone between G and A permits but two writings, #G and bA.
3Different notations of the same tone are called ENHARMONIC writings.
5A half-step when written in notes upon the same degree is called a CHROMATIC HALF-STEP. For example, A and #A.
7A half-step when written in notes upon adjacent degrees is called a DIATONIC HALF-STEP. For example, A and bB.
9EXERCISES UNDER THE STAFF AND ITS USES.
111. Write upon separate slips of paper all of the letter-names of tones from Sub-A to Six-lined C. Then, having put a brace before two staff-sections of a music blank-book and written on them the G and F clefs, draw at random from the slips and write down upon the degree indicated by each letter its note, until all are placed. When notating above c³ or below great G use the suitable abbreviations with 8—. Repeat this exercise until a letter name instantly suggests its proper writing.
132. Consulting now the notations of Exercise 1, name each note over until every notation suggests readily its name. Extend this exercise by naming the notes of printed music until without hesitation all the pitches between Contra-FF and f⁴ are located.
153. Using the letter slips from small c up to c², repeat the processes of the two previous exercises, writing the notes either upon suitable staff-sections with the C clef, or upon the violin clef as borrowed for a tenor voice-part.
174. In the violin clef notate the chromatic half-steps having as lower tones the following pitches: bb, d¹, #f¹, g¹, #c², b²e², b²f², #g². With the same series of lower tones notate the diatonic half-steps.
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