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... several genera ( c ) . The Greek fcale , in the time of Ariftoxenus , the oldeft writer upon music , whose works are come down to us ( d ) , extended to two octaves , and was called Syftema perfectum , maximum immu- tatum ; the the ...
... several genera ( c ) . The Greek fcale , in the time of Ariftoxenus , the oldeft writer upon music , whose works are come down to us ( d ) , extended to two octaves , and was called Syftema perfectum , maximum immu- tatum ; the the ...
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... several sounds of which they are compofed have in the Greek mufic different denominations . The first found of the fecond octave , or series of eight founds in the ancient great fyftem , is Mese , and the first of the fourth tetra ...
... several sounds of which they are compofed have in the Greek mufic different denominations . The first found of the fecond octave , or series of eight founds in the ancient great fyftem , is Mese , and the first of the fourth tetra ...
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... several inftances is broken and interrupted , but no where , that I have been able to discover , re- verfed or promifcuous . Then from the femitone above Nete hy- perboleon upwards , to dd , the octave of Nete fynemmenon , fix other ...
... several inftances is broken and interrupted , but no where , that I have been able to discover , re- verfed or promifcuous . Then from the femitone above Nete hy- perboleon upwards , to dd , the octave of Nete fynemmenon , fix other ...
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... several systems , and confequently ftands highest in the page where it is mentioned , yet it does not follow that it was the most acute found in the scale , or that it was produced by the shortest string in the ancient lyre ( p ) . But ...
... several systems , and confequently ftands highest in the page where it is mentioned , yet it does not follow that it was the most acute found in the scale , or that it was produced by the shortest string in the ancient lyre ( p ) . But ...
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... several paffages in ancient authors who have written upon mufic , it appears that there were two kinds of enhar- monic melodies in ufe among the Greeks ; in the most ancient of which we do not find that the Diefis or Quarter - tone ...
... several paffages in ancient authors who have written upon mufic , it appears that there were two kinds of enhar- monic melodies in ufe among the Greeks ; in the most ancient of which we do not find that the Diefis or Quarter - tone ...
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