Rules of Solfaing.
THe First, He that will Solfa any Song, must aboue all things haue an eye to the Tone. For the knowledge of the Tone is the inuention of the Scale, vnder which it runnes.
The Second, All the Tones runne vnder the Scale of ♮ Dure, excepting the fift and the sixt.
The Third, To haue a Song runne vnder ♮ Dure, is nothing else, but to sing Mi in b fa ♮ mi, and fa in a flat Scale.
The Fourth, When a Song runnes vnder a Scale ♮ Dure, the lowermost Notes of that kinde are to be sung; but vnder a Scale b Moll, the vpper∣most Notes.
The Fift, Euery Solfaer must needs looke, whether the Song be regular, or no; for the transposition of a Song is oft times an occasion of chan∣ging the Scale.
The Sixt, Euery Song ending in the Finals, is regular, and not transpo∣sed, saith Saint Bernard in his Dialogue.
The Seuenth, Whensoeuer a Song ascends from D sol re to A la mi re by a fift, mediately or immediately, and further onely to a second, you must sing fa in b fa ♮ mi in euery Tone, till the song do againe touch D sol re, whe∣ther it be marked or no. But this Rule failes, when a song doth not straight∣wayes fall to F faut, as in the Hymne, Aue maris stella, you may see.
The Eight, In b fa ♮ mi, and his eights, you may not sing mi for fa, nor