North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge University of Northern Iowa, 1965 Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... sound be single , yet to be pleasing it must harmonize with those preceding , the impression of which is retained in the mind ; musick being the effect of such risings or fallings in sound , as are agreeable to the ear , these are ...
... sound be single , yet to be pleasing it must harmonize with those preceding , the impression of which is retained in the mind ; musick being the effect of such risings or fallings in sound , as are agreeable to the ear , these are ...
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... sounds that make a certain number or se- ries of vibrations in the time that C makes two ; there is but one sound that will even do this , and that vibrates three to every two of C ; for if we took one making four to two of C , that ...
... sounds that make a certain number or se- ries of vibrations in the time that C makes two ; there is but one sound that will even do this , and that vibrates three to every two of C ; for if we took one making four to two of C , that ...
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... sounds , which are called its natural harmo- nies , are however so faint and so high , as not to be distinct- ly perceived , except when the principal sound is a low one . Now the 12th above any sound vibrates , compared with that ...
... sounds , which are called its natural harmo- nies , are however so faint and so high , as not to be distinct- ly perceived , except when the principal sound is a low one . Now the 12th above any sound vibrates , compared with that ...
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