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NOTES ON THE PEINCIPLE3 
Examples ; 
Beats 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 
irr rrr hi iif 
Divisions 
but rather like our slow 3/4 timej eacli beat being 
divided bv 2, 
thus 
Beats 1st 2nd 3rd 
J J J 
CT cr 1^ 
Divisions 
but Tvith this difference that the six half beats 
with us are considered as full beats with them, 
the 1st and ord beinq- accented in this meaeure. 
With three beats in the bar in our music, 
the 1st beat alone is strongly accented, the other 
beats being considered weak, unless iii some 
special case, Avhere the composer emphasises the 
2nd beat to produce a particular effect. 
(4) A rhythm of seven beats in the bar, the strong 
accents falling on the 1st, 4th and (5th beats. It 
would be expressed in our music by a bar of 3/4 
or 3/8 followed by one of ooiuinon time 4/4, or 4/S 
natjnuch used in European music, except in that 
of the Hungarians. Grea: composers have some- 
times employed- this measure. Brahms has, in 
the "Hungarian Song" on which he li:is written 
variations. Op. 21, No. 2. 
The Hindus make use also of the half ol this measure, 
namely three beats and a lialf in the bar, there 
being two accents of unequal length, one ^^i; the 
beginning of the 1 st and h beat of the bar, the 
other on tlm 1st of the remainintr two beats. 
