The alliance of musick, poetry & oratoryJohn Stockdale, 1789 - 390 pages |
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Page 50
... rules above described , moderate finging is rather beneficial than hurtful , even to tender conftitutions . Of all voices , the most rare is a true contralto , which perhaps is owing to a neglect of the voice at the time of its breaking ...
... rules above described , moderate finging is rather beneficial than hurtful , even to tender conftitutions . Of all voices , the most rare is a true contralto , which perhaps is owing to a neglect of the voice at the time of its breaking ...
Page 61
... rule difcovered to teach it . The shake is defined by Graffineau , a beat quick upon two notes in conjoint degrees , as a , g , alternately one after an- other , beginning with the higher note a , and ending with the lower , g . Here ...
... rule difcovered to teach it . The shake is defined by Graffineau , a beat quick upon two notes in conjoint degrees , as a , g , alternately one after an- other , beginning with the higher note a , and ending with the lower , g . Here ...
Page 63
... rule is to proceed flow from the auxiliary note to the principal , and accelerate the motion gradually with the gula , or rather upon the epiglottis of the trachea , commonly called the wind- pipe , as is done with the fingers on the ...
... rule is to proceed flow from the auxiliary note to the principal , and accelerate the motion gradually with the gula , or rather upon the epiglottis of the trachea , commonly called the wind- pipe , as is done with the fingers on the ...
Page 74
... rules , may be of use to carry the ftudent , inftrumental as well as vocal , to fome degree of excel- lence ; at which however he must not stop , being apprifed , that mediocrity in a finger , poet and painter , means ignorance , but ...
... rules , may be of use to carry the ftudent , inftrumental as well as vocal , to fome degree of excel- lence ; at which however he must not stop , being apprifed , that mediocrity in a finger , poet and painter , means ignorance , but ...
Page 84
Anselm Bayly. The Greek and Latin Poets fung ac- cording to certain rules of accents ; in which it is easy to perceive a very great propriety , particularly in the acute , the rules of which are the most numerous , and feem to be the ...
Anselm Bayly. The Greek and Latin Poets fung ac- cording to certain rules of accents ; in which it is easy to perceive a very great propriety , particularly in the acute , the rules of which are the most numerous , and feem to be the ...
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