Front 12
RUDIMENTS
OF
MUSIC.
Continued.
The
Semi-breve
is
now
the
longest
note
in
music
and
is
called
a
measure
note.
There
are
certain
modes
of
TIME
that
takes
a
dotted
semi-breve
to
fill
a
measure.
LEADING
NOTE
AND
KEY
NOTE.
In
each
tune
written
on
the
staff
there
is
a
leading
note
and
key
note.
The
leading
note
is
always
on
some
one
line
or
space
of
the
music
staff
and
so
is
the
key
note.
When
the
leading
note
is
discovered,
then
the
key
note
is
on
the
next
line
or
space
above
or
below
it,
and
wherever
you
find
the
key
note
it
is
always
No.
1.
Two
kinds
of
music
are
in
use,
called
Major,
bright
and
joyous,
and
Minor,
plaintiff
and
melancholy.
When
Major
music
is
written,
the
key
note
is
on
the
first
line
or
space
above
the
leading
note.
In
Minor
music
the
key
note
is
on
the
line
or
space
below
the
leading
note.
(Further
explanation
made
under
head
of
"Major
and
Minor.")
Tune-When
one,
two,
three
or
four
parts
are
sung
or
played,
it
is
called
a
tune.
An
Air,
a
Melody-A
succession
of
measured
sounds,
agreeable
to
the
ear
and
possessing
a
distinct
and
striking
character;
to
bring
into
harmony.
The
different
parts
of
music
are
called:
1.
Bass,
the
lowest
part;
2.
Tenor,
the
leading
part;
3.
Alto,
next
to
lowest
part;
4.
Treble,
written
on
tenor
staff.
Note-The
Alto,
sometimes
called
Counter,
is
sung
by
female
voices
of
low
register.
Bass
is
sung
by
male
voices
of
low
register.
Tenor,
the
leading
part
(Cantus,
song),
is
sung
by
male
voices
of
high
register.
This
part,
by
some
writers,
is
called
Soprano,
and
is
sung
by
female
voices
of
high
register.
Harmony
is
the
art
of
binding
tones
into
cords
and
treating
those
cords
according
to
certain
rules.
Note-Harmony
is
the
foundation
of
Melody
and
we
must
have
a
knowl-
edge
of
one
to
appreciate
the
other.
One
is
not
complete
without
the
other;
if
we
hear
a
succession
of
harmonies
we
cannot
fail
to
detect
in
it
a
perfect
flow
of
melody.
TREBLE
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
FLOW
OF
MELODY.
Melody
is
known
to
be
a
succession
of
harmo-
nies
in
a
tune.
When
harmonic
cords
successfully
blend
into
each
other
is
a
succession
of
simple
tones
so
arranged
as
to
produce
a
pleasing
effect
upon
the
ear.
(See
ex-
ample
under
head
of
Melody.
Sharps
and
Flats-The
key
note
is
changed
on
the
staff
by
characters
called
Sharps
and
Flats.
Sharps
and
Flats
appear
just
after
the
clefs,
in
the
beginning
of
the
tune,
if
they
are
used.
They
are
called
Signature.
When
the
key
note
is
discovered
either
in
its
natural
place
or
by
sharps
or
flats,
they
always
come
in
their
regular
order
on
the
staff.
The
changing
of
key
note
changes
all
other
notes
so
as
to
follow
in
their
regular
order
after
the
key
note
on
the
lines
and
spaces
of
the
staff.
To
emphasize
or
stress
any
part
of
the
music
is
called
accent.
There
are
certain
signs
in
music
placed
on
the
staff
showing
where
and
how
the
tune
is
to
be
ac-
cented,
the
words
or
poetry
used
in
the
composition
in
many
tunes
often
direct
the
place
for
natural
accent
by
the
sentiment
of
the
words.
"There
is
time
to
music."
There
is
placed
on
the
music
staff
signs
showing
what
kind
of
time
the
music
is
set
to,
called
Modes
of
Time.
There
are
numbers
of
them,
namely:
Common,
triple,
compound
and
others.
Mode
of
time
is
a
particular
system
of
constituting
sound,
by
which
the
octave
is
divided
into
certain
intervals
according
to
arrangement
of
the
tune
or
notes
on
the
scale
in
major
or
minor
key.
There
are
figures
placed
at
the
beginning
of
a
tune
when
understood
will
show
into
how
many
parts
the
measure
is
divided.
The
music
is
divided
into
measures
by
placing
a
small
bar
across
the
lines
of
the
staff,
each
of
these
sub-divisions
by
these
small
bars
is
a
measure.
In
each
of
these
measures
there
is
what
is
called
Measure
Bars.