x'jgl. A NEW MODE OF MUSIC 4.L NOTATION. ^^t 



like manner by dots placed below the letters, giving 

 one dot to thofe of the firft oftave, two dots to th'i fe- 

 cond, three to the third, and fo on till you reach the 

 bottom of the fcale on the bafs clef. In this way, the 

 true tone of every note would be marked with the fame 

 certainty and precifion as at prefent ; and the ufe of this 

 kind of gamut, after a little praftice, would be found 

 much more fimple than that at prefent employed, perplex- 

 ed as it is, and ever muft be, with the variety of clt-fs, 

 which prove extremely embarraffing to a learner, the 

 perfect application of which in pradice requires a cer- 

 tain acutenefs, and ftretch of thought, which fome per- 

 fons, who would be in other refpecls excellent mufi- 

 cians can never attain. By the mode of notation pro- 

 pofed, this embarraffing difficulty would be totally re- 

 moved, and the whole doctrine of tones be rendered as 

 fimple as the nature of things can poffibly admit of. 



All that would be wanted to the mufical compofer 

 in this cafe, would be a fet of types limilar to thofe 

 marked on the mifscellaneous plate, fig 3d. * Vol. II. 

 p. 320. 



So much for tone. We now proceed to time. 



At prefent, mufical notes confidered as to time, arc 

 thus arranged : 



ift, A Semibreve ; 2d, Minums ; 3d, Crotchets ; 

 4th, Quavers ; 5th, Semiquavers ; and fo on to Semide- 

 miquavers, or as far as you will, every inferior deno- 

 mination being precifely one half the length of that 

 clafs of notes, which immediately precedes it. Now, 

 can any thing be more fimple than to exprefs thefe dif- 

 ferent times by common Arabic numeral characters, 

 obferving the fame order as that in which they are 

 placed above, i. then, of courfe would denote at all 

 times a femibreve ; 2*. a minum ; 3. a crotchet ; 4. a 

 quaver ; and fo on as far as you pleafe to go ; or in 



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