...LENGTH or duration of those sounds. TEACHER. — How are the Notes named ? The notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet — A, B, C, D, E, F, G. What relation does the letter of the alphabet — applied as a name — bear to the Note ? The letter...

...MUSIC I.— THE STAVE OR STAFF, AND ITS CLEFS. 1. THE sounds used in music are, in England, named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. We do not, however, employ these letters in writing music, but lines and spaces called by their names....

...Notation. — Musical sounds are indicated by certaiti character s culled uutes, which we named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The first preparation for the study of music is the knowledge of Notation. Notation is to music what...

...corresponding musical sound.* Fig. 41. I ^ * § M ° ,* f ' u* e' S b 2 113. The notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G ; and they are also designated by the following series of seven syllables — viz., Do, Re, Mi, Fa,...

...twelve different diatonic scale*. The seven sounds of one of these twelve diatonic scales are named by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G; and C has been fixed upon to represent the key-note or first of the seven. Thii scale is called therefore...

...ADDITION TO THE SCALE-NAMES AND SYLLABLES. The Letters and G-Clef. — 1. The pitch of sounds is named by the first seven letters of the alphabet: a, b, c, d, e, f, and g. 2. You see by the diagram, that the pitch of 1 is c; 2 is d; 3 is e; 4 is/; 5 is g; 6 is a;...

...Pronounced Doe, Ray, Mee, Fab, Sole, Lab, Tee,J Doe. 5. The different degrees of pitch are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, and are represented by the Staff, which consists of five parallel lines and the spaces in connection...

...gamut, or scale, of sound -me analogy of light and is expressed by signs, or notes, after the sound. first seven letters of the alphabet : A, B, C, D, E, F, G, harmony of sound. The gamut, or scale, of colours is blue, red, yellow, white, orange, green, and purple...

...the Sabbath or Lord's day. For the sake of greater generality, the days of the week are denoted by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, which are placed in the calendar beside the days of the year, so that A stands opposite the first day...

...two days. In order to facilitate the solution of this problem, the days of the week are denoted by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, which are placed for convenience opposite the days of the year; thus beginning with A standing opposite...