January, are designated by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G ; and the one of these which denotes Sunday is the dominical letter. Adam's New Arithmetic - Page 31by Daniel Adams - 1845 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
| GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...given day of the year, the framers of the ecclesiastical calendar denoted the seven days of the week by the first seven letters of the Alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G ; and placed these letters in a column opposite to the days of the year, in such a manner that... | |
| Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...Sunday. The seven days of the week, reckoned as beginning on the 1st of January, are designated by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G ; and the one of these which denotes Sunday is the dominical letter. If the year begin on Sunday, A... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1855 - 476 pages
...will be seen, that in the column which follows that of the numbers expressing the days of the month, the first seven letters of the Alphabet, A, B, c, D, E, F, and o, are annexed, and are continually repeated, for every successive series of seven days to the... | |
| Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 338 pages
...will be seen, that in the column which follows that of the numbers expressing the days of the month, the first seven letters of the Alphabet, A, B, c, D, E, F, and G, are annexed, and are continually repeated, for every successive series of seven days to the... | |
| Otto Feder - Guitar - 1858 - 112 pages
...sounds are called notes, and the method of writing them is termed notation. The notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet : A, B, C, D, E, F, G, which are repeated as often as the extent of the notes require it. The pitch of a note is determined... | |
| Daniel Adams - Arithmetic - 1861 - 452 pages
...February, •which aloud Hath twenty-eight ; and one day more We add to it, one year in four. NOTE 3.— The first seven letters of the Alphabet, A, B, C,...in such a manner, for every year, that the letter A Khali stand for the 1st day of January, B for the '2d, &0. In pursuance of this order, the letter which... | |
| Philological Society (Great Britain) - English language - 1861 - 326 pages
...Marlowe. Edward the 2nd. iv. 2, p. 239. A. A note in Music : La. The notes of Music are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. When the Melody, or Tune, exceeds these seven, the same series of letters must be repeated. — (1806)... | |
| Henry Southwick Perkins - Anthems - 1867 - 348 pages
...Sol, La, Si, Do. CHAPTER IIL LETTERS. CLEFS. ABSOLUTE PITCH. The Degrees of the Staff are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet:— A, B. C, D, E, F, G. These are the LITERAL names of the Degrees of the Staff. Characters called Clefa are placed upon the... | |
| William Oscar Perkins - Children's songs - 1863 - 234 pages
...MUSICAL NOTATIOH. CHAPTER 1П. LETTERS, CLEFS, ABSOLUTE PITCH. The degrees of the Staff are named from the first seven letters of the alphabet : A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Character* called CLEFS are need to determine the name of each degree. NOTE. When the Clef it used,... | |
| Edward Roberts, John Paul Morgan - Anthems - 1868 - 392 pages
...below, e. д.: Klr<t ,„„,.,. „bo ve,. JAM ils fäsks 11. The degrees of the staff are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet : A, B, C, D, E, F, G. 1 2. In order to name all the degrees of the staff, including the added lines and spaces, these letters... | |
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