4QA4 OCCASIONAL NOTES. 
sage an explanation should accompany the score. The place 
where each tune is obtained, should be mentioned, with the 
nationality or tribe of the musician, and the name of the instru- 
ment. Deviations in the tunes, or what may be called differ- 
ent readings, preferred in certain places, should be indicated 
with small notes. 
Particular care should be taken in noting where mixed 
times occur in a piece of music; if there is any doubt about 
the time in which the music is written, mark with a dash 
about the accented notes, making the dash heavier or lighter 
according to the force of the accent. 
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In the music of Extra-European nations, ? 4 and other 
strange times occur, for which a look-out should be kept; but 
at the same time care should be taken that the observer is not 
misled into noting them, by pauses, tempo rudato, groups of 
notes in triplets, &c., or by rests occurring in ordinary bars. 
Florid passages of recitative are best left unbarred, the 
gradations of time and accent being carefully noted. 
In dances accompanied by vocal and instrumental music, 
it is sometimes found that the vocal music is in one time, while 
the dance is in another. 
Particular attention should be paid to the music of abori- 
ginal or savage tribes, resident in the country. 
The notes of birds should be noticed, and enquiry should 
be made as to whether their songs are used in music, or 
whether any national airs are deriv ed from their notes. 
All contributors are requested to give their names in full 
and their addresses, legibly written, for future reference. 
All communications should be addressed to 
M. V. PORTMAN, Ese., Mus. Doe, 
Port Buarr, 
The Andaman Islands, 
Bay of Bengal. 
