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Excerpt from On the Basis of Music: Containing an Elementary Account of the Nature Musical and Chords, the Generation of Scales and Modulations, and the Origin and Effects of the Usual Tempered Scales
What induces composers to put in those horrid accidentals, which cause the young lady so much more trouble to play than they are worth, so far as she can see? And why are pieces written in different keys? Why do we have si natures of five flats and six sharps, which puzzle one so? An why call a note B at one time and 0 flat at another? Or C at one time' and B sharp at another? What is the use of having two or three names for every note, it is so puzzling? And, please, why are there no black notes between E and F, or between B and C on the piano P And iwhy can you play Scotch tunes by playing on the black notes on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
