Andreas Ornithoparcus his Micrologus, or Introduction: containing the art of singing Digested into foure bookes. Not onely profitable, but also necessary for all that are studious of musicke. Also the dimension and perfect vse of the monochord, according to Guido Aretinus. By Iohn Douland lutenist, lute-player, and Bachelor of Musicke in both the Vniuersities. 1609.
About this Item
Title
Andreas Ornithoparcus his Micrologus, or Introduction: containing the art of singing Digested into foure bookes. Not onely profitable, but also necessary for all that are studious of musicke. Also the dimension and perfect vse of the monochord, according to Guido Aretinus. By Iohn Douland lutenist, lute-player, and Bachelor of Musicke in both the Vniuersities. 1609.
Author
Ornithoparchus, Andreas, 16th cent.
Publication
London :: Printed [by Thomas Snodham] for Thomas Adams, dwelling in Paules Church-yard, at the signe of the white Lion,
[1609]
Rights/Permissions
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms
Music theory -- History -- 17th century -- Early works to 1800.
Link to this Item
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08534.0001.001
Cite this Item
"Andreas Ornithoparcus his Micrologus, or Introduction: containing the art of singing Digested into foure bookes. Not onely profitable, but also necessary for all that are studious of musicke. Also the dimension and perfect vse of the monochord, according to Guido Aretinus. By Iohn Douland lutenist, lute-player, and Bachelor of Musicke in both the Vniuersities. 1609." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08534.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2024.
Pages
Of the vse of the Monochord.
THe vse of the Monochord (saith Berno Cluniacensis lib. 2. of his Musicke) is, that we may know how much each voyce is higher or lower than o∣ther. When therefore thou wilt learne a Song, euen the deepest, of thy selfe by the helpe of thy Monochord, set thy Monochord before thee on the table, and marke in what Key the first Note of that Song is, which thou desirest to know. This being found, touch the same in the Monochord with a quill, and the sound it giues, is that thou desirest. Thus runne ouer each Note of the
descriptionPage 24
Song, and so mayest thou by thy selfe learne any Song though neuer so weighty.
email
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem?
Please contact us.