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Violin Without A Master, 1853
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1Counting, in music, should be like the pendulum of a clock, even and exact, as the notes must be timed by it.
3COMPOUND COMMON TIME EXPLAINED.
512 Quavers in a Bar, or their equivalent.
76 Quavers in a Bar, or their equivalent.
912 Crotchets in a Bar, or their equivalent.
116 Crotchets in a Bar, or their equivalent.
13These two last kinds are very seldom used in modern music.
15SIMPLE TRIPLE TIME EXPLAINED.
173 Minims in a Bar, or their equivalent.
193 Crotchets in a Bar, or their equivalent.
213 Quavers in a Bar, or their equivalent.
23Nine Crotchets in a Bar, or their equivalent.
25Nine Quavers in a Bar, or their equivalent.
27Compound Triple Time is seldom used in modern music.
29The figures which mark the time have reference to the Semibreve, the lower number showing into how many parts the Semibreve is divided, and the upper number how many of such parts are taken to fill up a Bar. For example, the figures 2 denote that the Semibreve is divided into four parts, namely, Crotchets; and that two of them are taken for each Bar. The figures 3 indicate that the Semibreve is divided into eight parts, or Quavers, and that three of them complete a Bar.
31The figure 3, when placed over three Crotchets, Quavers, or any other notes, is called a Triplet, and denotes that the three crotchets over which it is placed must be performed within the time of two crotchets; or when placed over any other notes, such notes are to be performed within the proper time of two notes of the same kind. A figure 6 placed over six notes, shows that the six notes must be performed within the time of four of the same kind.
33Miscellaneous Characters, Accidentals, &c.
35Each sound may be altered by adding any of the following signs:
36A SHARP # placed before a note raises it a semitone or half-tone.
37A FLAT b placed before a note, lowers it a semitone or half-tone.
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