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$ i. Of the Greek Moods , Latin Toms.

B Efore we treat of Figurate Defcant, I muftnot omit to fay fomething concerning theMoods or Tones. Not fo much fbr any great ufewe have of them, as to let you know what ismeant by them •, and that i may not appear fin-gular $ for ycp fhall fcarce meet with any Au-thor that has writ of Mufic, but you will readfomething concerning them.

The Moods we mention’d in the firft Part ofthis Treatife, were in reference to Notes, andMeafure of Time. Thefe are concerning Tune.

That which the Greciavs calledMode or Mood,the Latnis termed Tone er Tune, The delign ofeither was, to fhew in what Key a Song was fet,and which Keys had affinity one with another.The Greeks diftinguifhed their Moods by thenames of their Provinces; as DorickJLidianfomck,Vhrigiait, Cfc. The Latlm reduced theirs, to eightPlain-fong Tunes 5 and thofe was fet in the Tenor :fo called, becaufe it was the Holding Part towhich they did apply their Defcant..

Thefe Plain-fongs did feldom exceed the Com-pafs of fix Notes ordegrees of Sound;and there-fore were Ut and Re (2s I fuppofe) applyed to thetwolowesf, tbateach degree might haveafeveralappellation : otherwife, four names, as now weufe, viz. Mi, Ta, Sol , La, had been both moreeafie, and more fuitable to the ancient Scale,which confitted of Tetracbords or 4 ths two ofwhich made up the Compals of an Oflave .

From thefe fix Notes, Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La,did arife three properties of Singing ; which theynatned B ghtnre, B Molle, and Properchant or Na-tural B ^iiarre,ms when they Sung Mi in B ;that

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