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Violin Without A Master, 1853
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1MUSICAL INSTRUCTIONS.
3The STAFF, and its Degrees.
5A STAFF consists of five parallel lines with their four intermediate spaces, counting from the bottom upwards, on which characters, called notes, are written. These lines and spaces are generally designated by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. When more than five lines are wanted, short additional lines are added, either above or below the Staff, which are called Ledger Lines. See Examples.
7The FIVE LINES. The FOUR SPACES. Letters on the Lines and Spaces. Ledger Lines.
9The CLEF.
11There are two Clefs in music, the Treble or G clef, and the Bass or F clef. The Treble or G clef is the only one used in music for the VIOLIN, FLUTE, CLARIONET, &c., and is always placed on the second line of the Staff, and the note on that line becomes G, from which all the other notes derive their names.
13NOTES and RESTS.
15There are six kinds of Notes in common use, viz.: the Semibreve, or Whole Note, the Minim, or Half, the Crotchet, or Quarter, the Quaver, or Eighth, the Semiquaver, or Sixteenth, the Demisemiquaver, or Thirty-secondth. The comparative length or value of the notes with regard to each other will be seen by the following table:
17Whole Sound. Halves. Quarters. Eighths. Sixteenths. Thirty-secondths.
191 Semibreve is equal to
202 Minims.
214 Crotchets.
228 Quavers.
2316 Semiquavers.
2432 Demisemiquavers.
26There are also six Rests, or marks of silence, corresponding in value or length to the notes after which they are named. See Example.
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