- Author:
- King, C. W.
- Publication Info:
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New York:
E. French,
1839,
pg 227
Text on page 227
THE HIMMALEH.
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It had a melanchaly but a pleasing effect, especially when two or more were moving in cadence with each other ; but it is evident at first sight, that this is not susceptible of any analysis by a reference to the principles of modern music, and one unused to such matters might therefore throw it aside as an odd and knotty thing not worth the trouble of a second consideration. But this would be a mistake ; for if we express the notes by letters, we have two tetrachords or intervals of a fourth, with their half-tones between the second and third notes, thus :
e a a b^c d
The slur marks the situation of the half-tone. We have resolved the scale, therefore, into two symmetrical halves, and found that it is composed of two conjunct tetrachords. This is oneThe slur marks the situation of the half-tone. We have resolved the scale, therefore, into two symmetrical halves, and found that it is composed of two conjunct tetrachords. This is one
