Ear-Training and Sight-Singing Applied to Elementary Musical Theory; A Practical and Coordinated Course for Schools and Private Study (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...two, and then write (a1) on the staff. Note. The up-beat is easily felt and recognized when it is associated with breathing; the accented pulse being felt as the exhalation, breathing; the unaccented pulse as the inhalation. Lesson 14 Diminished and Augmented Intervals If a Perfect Interval or a Minor Interval is made one half-tone smaller, it becomes a Diminished Interval. There are diminished primes, 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths and octaves. If a Perfect Interval or a Major Interval is made one half-tone larger, it becomes an Augmented Interval. There are augmented primes, 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths 7ths and octaves. To name an interval, regard the lower tone as the Tonic of a major scale. The number of degrees from the lower tone to the higher gives the size of the interval. If the upper tone agrees with the major scale of the lower tone, the interval will be either major or perfect. If it is one half-tone smaller than a major interval, it is called minor; if one half-tone smaller than the perfect or minor interval, it is diminished; if one half-tone larger than the perfect or major interval, it is augmented. Compound Meter Duple, triple and quadruple meters are known as simple meters. All rhythms used in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4 are made by adding the pulses or dividing a quarter-note by two or a multiple of two with the exceptional subdivision into three or five. If a constant triplet subdivision is desired, the Compound Meters are used. A six-pulse meter is a duple meter, each pulse divided into triplets: List of Rhythms: J J J-J J-J J JtJ b I 4_j j j j to --m m n n n j2 fsrmjfim J-Jj. J nffinm JifflJifflfifim J J3J J3 A nine-pulse meter is a triple meter, each pulse divided into triplets: jLd. All rhythms used in 6/8...