¥40 New NOTATION or MUSIC. 
of being reprefented by lines and fpaces, were denoted by 
the letters which denominate thefe, and their times by the 
common ftops or marks of paufe in reading, fubjoined to 
the letters, this notation of mufic, would certainly be as 
natural as the commonone, and would moreover-have-this 
great advantage, that mufie might then be printed with the 
common alphabetical types; by which: means all the in- 
convenience and expence attending the publication of mu- 
fic, according to the ufual notation, would be avoided; 
a magazine or common, news-paper,. would then become. 
a convenient vehicle for publifhing the moft celebrated. 
airs or pieces of mufic (which any one might afterwards, 
if he fhould think it neceffary, prick off for himfelf in the 
common form) and thus contribute to diffufe a more ge- 
neral knowledge of this ornamental and humanizing {ci- 
ence.. 
To explain this matter more fully.. Let the feven 
notes, a,.b, c, d,e, f, g, on one of which the cliff is plac- 
ed, be printed in fmall Roman letters; the feven notes 
next above thefe, in {mall Italics; the next feven, when 
any of them fhall occur, in Italic capitals; and the feyen 
notes below. the cliff-oGtave, in Romancapitals.. Thefe 
four oftaves, viz, , A, B, C, D, E, F, G3. a,.b, c, d,e, f, 2; 
a, b,c, 4,e,f,¢;.4, B,C, D, E, F, G; will be more than 
{ufficient to. exprefs all the compafs of tone on any parti- 
cular cliff. The governing flats or fharps which are 
ufually. placed at the beginning of a tune, when tran{pof- 
ed from. its.natural key; as_alfo the cliff, time, mood or 
other circumftance, may be expreffed in words at length 
after the title of the tune. Accidental flats, fharps and 
naturals, to deviate as little as poflible from the common 
notation, I would exprefs as follows: the flat by a {mall 
pb, placed before the note affected, and. fet a little higher 
than the other letters in the line, This. may be done ei- 
ther by ufing a letter of a {maller body and {pacing it up, 
or 
