The psalm singer's choice companion Or a Plain and Easy Introduction to Musick. Set down in Form of a Dialogue: Divided into two Parts. The First teacheth the Gamut, and how to Name your Notes, with Directions for keeping of Time, and the Way how to perform the same, with all things necessary for the Knowledge of Prick-Song: With Psalm Tunes and Hymns for two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight Voices; all within the compass of Nineteen Notes; that is, two Eights and a Fifth. With Examples how to transpose Tunes out of any Key, to suit either Voice or Instrument. The second Part teacheth to understand the Art of Descant or Composing Musick in Parts; teaching to know the Distances from one Part to another; the Concords and Discords; with Examples and Tables for the same. By Robert Barber. With an Excellent Anthem in four Parts, composed by one of the best Masters

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barber, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London [printed by W. P. and sold by Josiah Rathbone, in Macclesfield; and J. Osborn, and T. Longman in Pater-Noster-Row [London] 1727, M.DCC.XXVII. [1727]
Subjects:	Psalms (music) / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1137000900?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa