Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 12, Part 2Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 514
... fcale is the true octave of fa , which answers to it in the fame bafs . 47. If , therefore , thefe founds in the fcale form con- fonances perfectly true with the notes which correfpond to them in the fundamental bass , the ear gives ...
... fcale is the true octave of fa , which answers to it in the fame bafs . 47. If , therefore , thefe founds in the fcale form con- fonances perfectly true with the notes which correfpond to them in the fundamental bass , the ear gives ...
Page 516
... fcale of the moderns , then , may be confi- dern fcale dered as confifting of two tetrachords , disjunctive in compofed of two dif . deed , but perfectly fimilar one to the other , ut , re , junctive te- mi , fa , and ful , la , fi , ut ...
... fcale of the moderns , then , may be confi- dern fcale dered as confifting of two tetrachords , disjunctive in compofed of two dif . deed , but perfectly fimilar one to the other , ut , re , junctive te- mi , fa , and ful , la , fi , ut ...
Page 522
... fcale , fa is a third minor from re in the bass ; and in the fecond , fax is the fifth from in the bass . Difference 87. Thus the two scales of the minor mode are ftill between the in this refpect more different one from the other than ...
... fcale , fa is a third minor from re in the bass ; and in the fecond , fax is the fifth from in the bass . Difference 87. Thus the two scales of the minor mode are ftill between the in this refpect more different one from the other than ...
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