The North American Review, Volume 4University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
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... sounds might be placed , all higher than C and not so high as D , of which a good ear would distinguish at least twenty . As the rising or falling may be more or less , there are of course a great variety of these intervals ; thus from ...
... sounds might be placed , all higher than C and not so high as D , of which a good ear would distinguish at least twenty . As the rising or falling may be more or less , there are of course a great variety of these intervals ; thus from ...
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... sounds , of which our voices or in- struments are capable , should be first of all divided into oc- taves . The division of sounds , if no regard were had to harmony , would be purely arbitrary ; we might divide the whole compass of one ...
... sounds , of which our voices or in- struments are capable , should be first of all divided into oc- taves . The division of sounds , if no regard were had to harmony , would be purely arbitrary ; we might divide the whole compass of one ...
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... sounds an octave above another , vibrates just twice as fast ; so that two vibrations of the higher , is made in the same time ex- actly , as one of the lower . This remarkable coincidence being proved and abundant- ly confirmed since ...
... sounds an octave above another , vibrates just twice as fast ; so that two vibrations of the higher , is made in the same time ex- actly , as one of the lower . This remarkable coincidence being proved and abundant- ly confirmed since ...
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