Rules for Interpretation. xxv.
4 rhythmic unit or movements the fall or esis send, The rhythm fll or
teste wil necessarily occur on every second or Wind aoe ia he cores Of tHe
Belay — ike the lo every andor Sr syne ofthe words which
fccompany it. Hence the npesablity of two sach Talis secarring Yn immodiate
‘scnearon, les, of course, the fit be w note of double value." Bat noice
arefely” tat thse steps de falls orm in am ascending movement the asic
art, of rise of the lager thy, just a3 every step one takes in climb
Epil go tothe gentsl novement upward ‘Es whole movenen wpe
{s known as be ars part of the larger Thythm. Similarly when the movement
i downward, every rhylimic rise of aras of the voice forms part of the descent
‘of the larger Phythm, ast a8 in walling down a bl he regularly uplifted foot
fartol te downward movcnent® THE wba movement downward kaown
fe'teti part of te larger hy,
'For the proper execalion of Planaong itis thereore necessary tobe able to
recognise the Pace of each Phyrnestp ican, or alighling pat tn order to
Scere onder, feguanty, and ie. The lowing rales india the nots ofthe
‘ely which mont resive the rythm iets
Rous. 1. ALL NOTES SOLATHD, OR IN A GROUP, WHICH ARE MARKED WITH
In figured music the compound tents or simply the beats (smully binary or
ternary) are mule clear inte notation, either by the grouping of the seed, or
Dy the regularity of te ime chosen ad markad'at the boginaiag ofthe piece
‘Thus:
SE233 Ga Sah
Very eften both thee means are employed atthe same tine. Whon, however,
tre have no indicon of time, no Uane-bars asin Plainsong. and na groups ot
Tong. aots, we sail be obliged to tare the Doginning of the best, cts, Faythe
IRIE step, or alighling poise, each time the netation doce not mark fr
‘This the role of the vertical episoma. And iat asin figured rosc, certain
Seats are strong, others weak, others Weaker stil, so in Plansong, the ets ot
hythmic sep sill be strong gr weak according to is position in the melody
and tert
Ruut. 2. AL. sustane sores: dstropia, tristropha, bvinga, pressus,
orfecus, doted notes, andthe note Beare a guitioma
i shouldbe noicd that although a note lengthened by an horiyontalepisema
gencrally receives the ictus or shytbne step, this need not be always the case
{Example the wont! cord in the Alleluia = Ven! Sanct. p. 880)
Ruue. 8. ANY NOTE wutcu Beans 4 cRovr,
Aspér-ges me Acspére ges me
I-we have to deal with composite neums, if generally easy to rele them into
tha snple groups of tw oF Tare note of Which they ave composed, Notice only