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" 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 31
by Daniel Adams - 1845 - 180 pages
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Elements & Notation of Music

James Matthew McLaughlin - Music - 1902 - 144 pages
...modified by essentials or accidentals (sees. 59, 60, 24, 31-33, 49, 55, 58)62. In the tenth century, the first seven letters of the alphabet, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, were used for a scale corresponding to the present normal scale, but their meaning has been changed...
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The Melody of Life: A Presentation of Spiritual Truth Through Musical Symbolism

Susie Champney Clark - 1902 - 154 pages
...or indigo. Place beneath these varied hues, the first seven notes of the musical scale, named from the first seven letters of the alphabet —A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. This makes A red, B orange, C yellow, &c., and as in every scale, the common chord, or triad,...
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The American History and Encyclopedia of Music ...

William Lines Hubbard - Music - 1908 - 616 pages
...cheerful; gay. letter-name letter-name 1. A letter used to designate a tone, note, key or staff degree. 2. The first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, used to form the letters of the scale and repeated in every octave. They represent the notes and determine...
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Manual and Course of Study, Elementary Schools

Michigan. Department of Public Instruction - Education - 1916 - 244 pages
...second added space below, and continuing to the second added space above. The pitch names used are the first seven letters of the alphabet, A, B, C, D, E, F, G. Continue the singing of familiar songs, including Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean. Second Week — Teach...
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The Cambridge Clarinet Tutor

Paul Harris - Music - 1981 - 68 pages
...silence are RESTS. Music is written on a system of 5 lines known as the STAVE. The notes are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet; A, B, C, D, E, F, G. The TREBLE CLEF at the beginning of a piece of music establishes the note G: Thus: DE FGABCDEFG То...
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Harmony & Theory

Keith Wyatt, Carl Schroeder - Music - 1998 - 168 pages
...representing pitch is based on assigning a different name to each note. These note names are the same as the first seven letters of the alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, and G) and together are called the musical alphabet. ln spite of the large number of notes that can...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music Theory

Michael Miller - Music - 2002 - 306 pages
...cumbersome frequency method. Learning the ABCs The accepted way of naming musical specific pitches uses the first seven letters of the alphabet — A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. While the numbering method is relative (the number 1 can be assigned to any pitch), the letter...
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New Africa Life Orientation and Arts and Culture

L. Solomon, T. Schouw - Arts - 2003 - 126 pages
...to write them. Each note that you sing or play has its own pitch. Each pitch has a name taken from the first seven letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. As you move up these seven letters, the notes get higher. For example, E is a higher note than D. As...
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New Africa Arts and Culture

M. Slamang - 2003 - 70 pages
...to write them. Each note that you sing or play has its own pitch. Each pitch has a name taken from the first seven letters of the alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. As you move up these seven letters, the notes get higher. For example, E is a higher note than D. As...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Singing

Phyllis Fulford, Michael Miller - Music - 2003 - 276 pages
...supposed to sing. The way we do this is to assign letters of the alphabet to specific pitches, using the first seven letters of the alphabet — A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. While the numbering and Solfeggio methods are relative (the number 1 can be assigned to any...
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