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Violin Without A Master, 1853
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1MUSICAL INSTRUCTIONS.
3EXAMPLE OF NOTES, WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE RESTS.
5NOTES.
6Semibreve. Minim. Crotchet. Quaver. Semiquaver. Demisemiquaver.
8RESTS.
10A Dot after any Note or Rest makes the Note or Rest half as long again. If two Dots are placed after a Note, the second dot is equal to half the first dot, or making the note three quarters longer. See Examples.
12A Tie, or Slur, placed over or under two notes of the same pitch, binds the second to the first so that only the first is sounded, but continuing the sound the length of both notes. When the notes are placed on different lines or spaces, the Tie shows that they must be played in a smooth and connected style. This style of playing is termed, in Italian, Legato. The opposite style of playing, which is called Staccato, marked thus, denotes distinctness or shortness of sound. When marked thus, means less Staccato, and thus, still less Staccato than either.
14EXAMPLES OF THE LEGATO AND STACCATO STYLES OF PLAYING.
16LEGATO. STACCATO. Played. Written. Played.
18TIME and its DIVISIONS.
20A Bar is a perpendicular line drawn across the Staff, and is used to divide a musical composition into equal portions of time. A Double Bar shows the end of a strain. A Close shows the end of a tune. They are made thus,
22Time is divided into two sorts, Common and Triple, each of which is either Simple or Compound; and the character or sign which denotes it is placed after the Clef at the beginning of every composition.
24Simple Common Time, when marked with a C or C, denotes that each bar contains one Semibreve, or its equivalent in other notes. When marked 2-4, the Bar contains two Crotchets, or their equivalent. See Examples.
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