The Schoole of Musicke

The Schoole of Musicke.

A young beginner (although this were Semiquauer tyme) shall in the despight of his hart, make euery stroke a Semibrefe, & then as he multiplyeth in perfectnes, so he shal multiply in fastnesse of tyme, wherby is to be noted, that from one time all other are multiplyed & doubled, as for example. This long stroke here

is in Tableture, a Semibrefe, which by adding of one dash to the top, as thus,

maketh it double his type, that is twice as fast a tyme as it was before. And by adding one dash more to that dash thus, $\\$ maketh it yet as fast againe as the second:& by adding a third dash thus, $\\\$ maketh it yet as fast againe as the same.And by adding the fourth dash thus, $\\\\$ doubleth the time before him:whose names are as followeth.

A Semibrefe.

A Minim.

$\\$
A Cratchet.

$\\\$
A Quauer.

$\\\\$
A Semiquauer.

So that you see two Minims go to a Semibrefe, as thus;

two Cratchets to a Minim, as thus;

two quauers to a Cratchet, as thus.

And two Semiquauers to a Quauer, as thus,

All which multiply the Semibrefe, as heere you see. [pyramid of relationship]

Heere

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