RULES FOR INTERPRETATION. + the square traditional gta aod madera trewiptn on te Bren ve; we ut these By Mil ontan, wo be prac, pa repre uh mo and yt. Meloic signs or notes represent te relative pitch of sounds; rhythmic sign, the length of Sounds sod the raythc movement of fe toy” Th ony hoes seein Psiong re tnt ofthe Diatonc Scale of Dok wt he ne dion of — The Stave, the Clef, the Guide, the Flat. ‘The Stave. Inthe traditional notation the Stave is of four lines only; Lines and spaces are vated upwards thas 4} spaces uanes{§ ‘Wea, an figured msi, he notes go beyond the stave aml line (lege He) esis, baaver more tha oe, Sov low he sanes es “*E) The Clef. ‘The Ce writen atthe begining of he stave giver the nate and pace ofthe tenn the stave, There are two ls in ane the Doh Ciel: faking he Place of the Doh; the Fah Clef: of marking the pace ofthe Fah. “Ties ae simply the archaic ora of © and F. The Doh ce is placed toaster onthe Sond lin, een onthe third Hoe and very afte on ne er ies The Pak Clete paced seal onthe tir lin, arly on the forth line ego, Ver p30), — == — a “This sifting ofthe Cle is merely to enable madi of diferent range to be written on th stave. Once tbe nat indicat by the Clef is known, the Gl the other noter is only & atter of practice, For the Nueat reading FPrainsong and the transpaaiton ofthe melody at sight, the ‘Tonic Sola system {tinvalusble — alana indispensable for the ordinary reader