The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1869-05-06
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Messrs, FditOrS,77I am pi tho o,
PiniOn that If weekly paper would
once in q while, publish some arti.
cles'abontl innsIc, especially
the study and theory of music, II
would add a great deal to its in
terest. Particularly as sIhave no.
tiecd among my different pupils,
that not sufficient thoHght iFrgIFen /
70 that branch, and the mechanical
execution is made the main aim
4 shall endeayori ID a series Of ar.
ticles to throw moro light on the
subject, to aid my pupils, and 9th.
ers who may take an interest init.
Yours respectfully,
r. .lf3Vsk3EF, d. BAUER, ,IlI
Teacher Of Music
!. What is Music?
If, in tho conception Of music,
dark ness and doubpulness no long.
er prevail, as-in ancient times ,Slhe
cause is; that by the word music,
lis no more expressed tone, poetry
and speaking science as formerly
lby the Grecians, But TINT lAwa, BY !
that word only understand the
language of the epiritD Dand heart
by tones; for one can make him.
| lself understood, ior make known
his mind not only by words but
also by tones. q,
II. What docsst6e tcachi6g of
music treat Off
OF the nature and quality Of
sounds and their combinations in
harmony agreeable to. the ear.
III. What is n musical tone?
| A single musical sound by itself.
Nv. What can be distinguished
in n tone? tFg ttvT.s
Its depth or height; length or
shortncss softness or loudness. 1
V. How many principal or fun
damental sounds do we distinguish
in music?
Seven principal sounds, which
are repeated higher or lower in oc-
taves.
vi. Which are these seven prin.
cipal sounds?
DO, re, mi, ia, so', la, 81.
G, d, @, f, &, a, b.
! VII. What arc notes?
Signs for sounds.
! VIII. Are there more sounds
besides these seven principal
sounds? r a
There are fourteen morei seven
derived from raising the seven
principal notes, each one for n semi
tone; and seven from lowering each
of tho seven principal ones max
ing ia all twenty-Ono. These
twenty.one sounds are however,
reduced TO twelve practical sounds;
nine Of which each represent two
sounds, one raised from sound be q
low, and one lowered from sound
above it. Therefore we have only
twelve different keys on a piano
10 one octave -. g,
IN, fo'htout ON the fiano lhese
twen'y'ohe gramma'icai OF .neo- v,
retIcal soHnus' as We may ea''
'hem' IN an octave ana observe
'hoso keys "h'cn represent TWO
} SOUNDS,
a Wiiat are ,heSe sem' tones
caireu wheh p'ayeu III success'o"
Inc cnromaI'c sca'e'
Al "naI Is inc succession o, ..
!, inc seven Pr'nc'Pa' sou"us ~ ~ou''eu'
] Inc natlral or U a'ou'c scare
All what IS aaued 10 'hese
seven SOUNDS IN order 10 make 'he
! nal ural scaie comtie'e
me e,gh'n noie' WHICH Is u rePe'
t'Vloh OF tue nrs' holo "h octave
t higner; - 500 49,,
; ALL w ha' u'iiergnco 's 'nert
ue'"ceii .ne cn!o''".U e'"'o "uo "uo
inc natural or d'atomc; .l' /.
n Inc hrst IS u success'oh OF SEM
: zones; tno s'conu c''nsls's vi w%"o'' %
T. tohes' (No'e livery 'one 49, .
n course, q lone oll llseIl, put W,
n speak OF wqole zones, weSPcak re'
: atlve'y ol ttfe distance Oh one 'oo.
d .ro'h uuo'ncl. spo'o 10 = syn, ~
/ tanoe or interval of these two tone
: i mhoIo tono or a no;or sooond