Manual of Harmony: Being an Elementary Treatise of the Principles of Thorough Bass, with an Explanation of the System of Notation; and Designed as a Text-book for the Use of Seminaries and Schools, as Well as for Private Instruction

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S. T. Gordon and son, 1883 - 150 pages
 

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Page 2 - The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are...
Page 12 - The minor scale has three forms: the "pure" or "natural" minor, in which the semitones lie between the second and third degrees and between the fifth and sixth degrees, and the melodic and harmonic forms, in which the sixth and seventh degrees undergo alteratinn.
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Page 17 - When the movement in which a piece is played is moderately quick, a ieaondary accent falls on the middle of the bar, provided the rhythm be direct.

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