...sounds ascending — Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la — he placed at the side of each of these syllables one of the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G ; and because he accompanied the note which he added below the ancient system with the letter gamma,...

...rather than by associating the tone with some syllable. CHAPTER III. LETTERS, CLEFS, ABSOLUTE PITCH. The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used in music. The character used to determine the (letter) name of each degree is called a Clef, viz :...

...IIN ft od<atf«Jp*J* Notes are to music what letters are to language. 3. The notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G), and are placed upon a stave. 4. A stave consists of a number of parallel lines ; thus : Fig. 2. In...

...Schools. ELEMENTARY MANUAL OF MUSIC. SECTION I. NOTATION. 1. Musical sounds are expressed and known by the first seven letters of the Alphabet— A, B, C, D, E, P, and G. 2. Notation, or written music, consists of certain characters called Notes placed on or between...

...DIATONIC SCALE is formed of seven sounds ; for convenience sake these seven sounds are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, or the first seven of the numbers, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The eighth note in all the diatonic scales,...

...the staff. These are called added or leger lines, Upon each degree of the staff is placed a letter. The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, are used for this purpose, and are repeated as often as required. The position of these letters...

...the naming of pitch irrespective of its relation to some other pitch. The pitch of sounds is named by the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. For the sake of conciseness (among other reasons) no more letters are employed ; but these are repeated...

...abor,:. abo_ve._ 1st Line below. • 2tl Line below. • ~Ist Space below . \ 3d Space below. § 19. The first seven letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used as names of the different degrees of the Staff. § 20. The situation of the letters upon the staff...

...SPACES. 5. Each line and each space of the Staff is called a degree. 6. In studying for the Piano-forte, the first seven letters of the' alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, P and G, are in this country applied to the Lines and Spaces of the Staff, to determine the pitch of...

...ttSnh d'oot.) The key of C. Letrilla, £ua. 06-trV-y&) A song. Letters. The first seven letters ol the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, are used to form the letters of the scale, and are repeated in every octave. These letters serve to distinguish...