Pasquale Bona · section 4 of 4
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The figures 1, 2, 3, 4, indicate the quarters that constitute the beats, and the syllable Do-o-o-o indicates the prolongation of the pronunciation, each quarter being slightly accented. The words One, Two, Three, Four indicate the quarter rests.
For characters of the value of four quarters—notes, or rests.
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For characters of the value of two quarters.
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For characters of the value of one quarter.
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For dotted notes or rests, and for the rest of one eighth value.
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For notes in groups.
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