The Influence of the Organ in History Part 11

=THE RUDIMENTS OF GREGORIAN MUSIC.= By FRANCIS BURGESS, F.S.A., Scot.

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Syncopation. 9. Signs and Abbreviations. 10. Notation. 11.

Miscellaneous Questions and Exercises.

CONTENTS OF PART II: 1. Triads. 2. First Inversion of a Triad. 3.

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