Produced by David Newman, Daniel Emerson Griffith and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES Italic text is represented by _underscores_ around the text. Footnotes in the original text were all marked with asterisks: I have renumbered these and represented them as [01] through [15]. All other text enclosed between square brackets represents or describes the illustrations (for which see the HTML edition): Pitches: [c, ... c ... a b c' (middle-C) d' e' ... c'' ... c'''] Round brackets: when around a single note these represent a note in the extract which was bracketed or otherwise highlighted. When around two or more notes, they represent a slur or beam. Braces: surround simultaneous notes in a chord {a c' e'} Accidentals: [f++] = F double-sharp [a+] = A sharp [c=] = C natural [e-] = E flat [d--] = D double-flat In the main text, accidentals are written out in full, as [natural], A[flat], G[sharp]. One table uses [#] for [sharp]. Accents and marcato: denoted by > and ^ before a note. Time signatures: [4/4], [6/8], etc. [C] or [C/4] = C-shaped [4/4] time. [C|] or [C/2] = C-shaped [2/2] time. [O] = A circle [O.] = A circle with a dot in the center [C.] = A broken circle (C-shaped) with a dot in the center [G:] = Treble clef ([G8:] = Treble clef 8va bassa) [F:] = Bass clef ([F8:] = Bass clef 8va bassa) Rhythms (A trailing . represents a dotted note): [L] = Longa [B] = Brevis [S] = Semibrevis [1] = Whole-note (Semibreve) [2] = Half-note (Minim) [4] = Quarter-note (Crotchet) [8] = Eighth-note (Quaver) [16] = Sixteenth-note (Semiquaver) Lyrics and Labels: words aligned with the notes begin [W: ...] Breves and macrons, used to denote short and long stresses in poetry are denoted ['] and [-] respectively. [|] = Bar (Bar line) [<] = Crescendo hairpin [x] = small cross [\] = 45 degree downstroke [/] = 45 degree upstroke [/\] = large circumflex shape [O|] = a circle bisected by a vertical line protruding both ways [Gamma] = The Greek capital gamma [mid-dot] = a dot at the height of a hyphen [over-dot] = a single dot over the following letter [Over-slur] = a frown-shaped curved line [Under-slur] = a smile-shaped curved line (breve) [reverse-apostrophe] = the mirror image of a closing quote [Upper Mordent] = an upper mordent: /\/\/ with thick downstrokes [Crenellation] = horizontals, low, high, low, connected by verticals [Podium] = [Crenellation] with the third horizontal at half-height [Step] = horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, ascending [Turn] = a turn (~) [Figure 01] = extract available as a MIDI file (figure01.mid). [Illustration] = all other illustrations. For example, here's a D minor scale set to words: [G: d' e' (f' g') a' b-' (c+'' d'')] [W: One, two, three, four, five, six. ] And a simple rhythmic example: [3/4: 4 4 8 8 | 8. 16 2] = [- - ' ' - ' -] CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL ESSAYS