WELSH MUSIC. 



but without lines, except a fingle line to feparate the treble 

 from the bafe. 



In the notation, double ff feems the lov.eft note ; then 



the firft feven letters of the alphabet are written thus, gi. 



Hi, bt, C 1, -5 1, Si, ft ; and the next feptenary thus, with 



a dafh over each letter, /, g, a, b, c, d, e. If thefe letters 



•prefent the fame founds as at prefent, we find fome fuch 



liords as are admitted in modern harmony ; but others 



Vequently occur that are mere jargon. 



Many of the bafes, or accompaniments to the melodies. 



begin with the chord of C inverted, C«. Thefe chords 



and melodies are leffons for young praftitioners on the harp, 

 and are faid to be the exercifes and trial-pieces which were 

 required to be performed by the candidates for mufical 

 degrees, and for the fdver harp. Among the firft twenty- 

 four leffons of this kind, fome few are eafy to decypher, as 

 N" XI. and XVII., which we fhall give here as fpecimens 

 of this notation, explained in modern mufical charafters. 



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