A new and easie method to learn to sing by book : whereby one (who hath a good voice and ear) may, without other help, learn to sing true by notes : design'd chiefly for, and applied to, the promoting of psalmody; and furnished with variety of psalm tunes in parts, with directions for that kind of singing .. (1686)
London : W. Rogers · leaf 62
The Strokes or Marks you fee after eachNote, are called Panfes, or Refts ; and theydenote a ceafin^ or intermiffion of Sound for C47 3 for the Time of the Notes they are joynedto. Their Proportion to each other, you havein the following Scheme. For Common Time. 0 t t … ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ iiiniii *\A^> /\A^ (V\y (\A/1 <VA/1«V»»0 f\AS)fVA>t HOTjmmm It t t 1 TttTtt nun fi fi 8 fj S n ft ft ft If ft ft One One Large (CEj) is equal in Time totwo (Dp) Longs \ one (a() Long, to two(p) Breves; one (p) Breve, to two (q)Semibreves; and fo on, each Longer beingequal in Time…
Sight-singing · Psalmody
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