EECEEATIVE SCIENCE. 



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tary musical tyro a little help towards the 

 remoTal of a very common difficulty. 



SECTION I.— DEFINITIONS, 



All musical sounds are expressed by certain 

 characters called notes, which are named 

 from the first seven letters of the alphabet — 

 A, B, C, D, E, F, G. 



These notes are written upon a Staff, 



, which is a figure formed of five 



^ lines and four spaces. The lowest 



line is called the first. 



The Staff used for the notes of tbe right 

 hand, in playing upon the pianoforte, is called 

 the Teeble Staff ; that used for the left 

 hand is called the Bass Staff. 



The names of the lines and spaces of the 

 Teeble Staff are as follow :— 



t: 



*-E- 



'JEl 



^_4 



3 



2 



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The names of the lines and spaces of the 

 Bass Staff are as follow :— 



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Peoblems ttpon Section I. 



Write upon the Teeble Staff, in notes of 

 this character J, the words — 1. Ace ; 2. 

 A&ED ; 3. Cage ; 4. Deaf ; 5. Ceded ; 6. 

 Bee ; 7. Bede ; 8. Baggage ; 9. Cabbage ; 

 10. Dace; 11. Paded; 12. Egg. 



Solutions. 



1. 





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g: 



8.' 



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 10. 







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11. 



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12. 



"Write the foregoing twelve words upon 

 the Bass Staff. 



Solutions. 



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