2nds, N0 27., July5. '56.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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possible to contrive a system by which a composi- 

 tor who is used to mathematical printing may set 

 up any quantity of music in common letter. Has 

 no such thing ever been proposed ? At the end 

 of this Note will be found an opening movement 

 which the musician will easily recognise, taken 



from the first book of arrangements for the pij^no 

 forte that came to hand. 



Let the notes be represented by their letters, as 

 follows, the equivalent notes of treble and bass 

 beinjj written under one another ; 



Treble GABCDEFoABCDEFgabcdefpaicde/ 



Bass GABCDEFoABODEFgabcde {gabcdef. 



Here G in the treble means the G below the 

 lines, the lowest note of the violin ; equivalent to 

 g in the buss, the highest space between the lines. 



Let ° ' '' '", written below the note-letter, indi- 

 cate crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, and demi-semi- 

 quaver : but the crotchet sign, when standing 

 alone, may be omitted. Thus, Ao or A is a 

 crotchet ; A^ a quaver, A^^ a semiquaver, &c. : 

 Ao / // is a note as long as a crotchet, quaver, and 

 semiquaver put together, represented in common 

 music by a crotchet followed by two dots. Let a 

 minim be denoted by two letters written close to- 

 gether, a semibreve by four. Thus GG GG would 



Adagio. 



represent two minims sounded consecutively. Also 

 Goo and G — G might be used to denote a minim, 

 when convenient. 



Let a rest be denoted by I, or i, or i, as con- 

 venient, with the proper mark of time suffixed. 



Let the sharp, flat, and natural be denoted by 

 X, b, and n prefixed at the top : thus, ^C is C sharp. 

 The double sharp may be denoted by xx, &c. 



Let slurred notes be denoted by a line drawn 

 over them, and let the staccato sign be a dot above 

 or below the letter. 



Let a pause be represented by a circumflex over 

 the note. 



Various minor matters might be supplied : but 

 this is enough to show the practicability of giving, 

 in ordinary type, a representation from which a 

 translation into common musical notation might 

 easily be made. Should any of your musical 

 readers find any passages which they think cannot 

 be printed in this way, I shall be obliged by their 

 transmitting them to you in ordinary style. 



For vocal music in parts I feel pretty sure that 

 this notation would do to sing from : a hundred 

 glees might be sold for sixpence, words and all, if 

 the demand were suflScient. A. De Morgan. 



QUERIES ON A TOUR. 



(2"'> S. i. 470.) 



1 . Gatta Melata. — Le grand Diet. Geo. et Crit. 

 (pub. a la Haye, 1736), par La Martiniere, speak- 

 ing of Narni (which lies seven French leagues 

 south-west of Spoleto and fifteen north-east of 

 Rome), says : 



" Narni (petite ville d'ltalie dans la teiTe des Sabins, 

 Province de I'F^tat EccMsiastiq'ue, siir la Riviere de Nera) 

 qui resista a toute la puissance d'Annibal, dans le tems 

 qu'il ravageoit I'ltalie." 



