oOS Musical Intonation ami T< mpcramcnt. 



comma sharper and flatter respectively than the names indicate. 

 These, th«i), are the Elements of Music. Pure music at concert 

 pitch can contain no other bul by modulating beyond the 18 keys, 

 and no oilier sounds are ever used but as substitutes for some one of 



tlie.se. 



Here is iln* proper place, (though ii is almost superfluous,) to men* 

 tion the other modes of representing these sounds. One which is 

 very common in this country, England and (iermany, is by letters. 

 The diatonic scale of Do is indicated by the letters C 1) E F G A 

 B C Do' is written g ; Do*, 9. ; Do 3 , C; Do 4 , c; Do 6 , c; Do 9 , = ; 

 and Do T , ,- . These names are inconvenient to pronounce, incon- 

 venient to the printer, and cannot be applied in singing the notes. 

 These inconveniences are not counterbalanced by a single advantage 

 peculiar to this system, and its entire abandonment would greatly 

 benefit the study of music. 



The musician, who needs only a few octaves, writes them on staves 

 of generally live lines each. He marks the place of Sol 6 with /vk j pla- 

 cing La' ne\t above it and Fa* next below it. Fan is placed on the 

 Bame line or space with Fa, and preceded by a Shahf (#) either on 



the beginning of the Btaffor in tin- same measure with the note, and 

 - i with all sharps. The Hatted pitches are written in the same way, 

 with a FLAT ([)) preceding them. Where a note is in danger of be- 

 ing read as sharped or flatted w Inn it is not, it is preceded by a Natu- 

 ral (1^). Acute pitches are marked with the acute accent ('). and 

 grave pitches with the grave accent ( * ), either at the beginning of tic 

 statTor after each note. Where a note might be supposed to be acute 

 or grave, bul should be neither, it is followed by a small circle (°). 

 These marks arc omitted in music, intended only to be executed. 



Fa 1 is denoted by (^ and Do* (middle Do) by Jrcr or 



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often very improperly used to denote Sol 4 as well as Sol 6 — leaving 

 the performer to guess which. 



We here give the pitches from Do 4 to Do*, written with the Fa 

 and Do Clefs : — 



