Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A. D. 1450-1880), Vol. 2 of 3: By Eminent Writers, English and Foreign, With Illustrations and Woodcuts
Conceded Modulations of the Scale in which' he writes, and invariably occupying the first place in all Plain Chaunt Melodies referable to that Scale. These sounds are called Absolute Initials. Their number varies, in different Modes no Tonality possessing less than three, or more than six: and, among them, there are a. Few, which, though freely permitted, by law, are, in practice, very rarely used.
In the following Table, the letters, enclosed in brackets, denote the more unusual Initials While those printed in Italics indicate that the sounds they represent are to be taken in the lower Octave, even though they Should thus be brought beyond the normal bounds of the Mode.
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