A treatise of the natural grounds and principles of harmony by William Holder ...

Title

A treatise of the natural grounds and principles of harmony by William Holder ...

Author

Holder, William, 1616-1698.

Publication

London :: Printed by J. Heptinstall, and sold by J. Carr ... B. Aylmer ... W. Hensman ... and L. Meredith ...,

1694.

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Subject terms

Harmony.

Music -- Acoustics and physics.

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Contents

• title page
• THE INDEX.
• ERRATA, &c.
• binding instructions
• THE Natural Grounds and Principles OF HARMONY.
  • The INTRODUCTION.
  • CHAP. I. Of Sound in General.
  • CHAP. II. Of Sound Harmonick.
    • APPENDIX. Before I conclude this Chapter, it may seem needfull, better to confirm the Founda∣tion we have laid, and give the Reader some more ample Satisfaction about the Motions and Measures of a Pendulum, and the Application of it to Harmonick Motion.
  • CHAP. III. Of Consonancy and Dissonancy.
  • CHAP. IV. Of Concords.
  • CHAP. V. Of Proportion; and Applyed to Harmony.
  • CHAP. VI. Of Discords and Degrees.
    • And First of Degrees.
    • Digression.
    • Notes of the Lydian Mood in the Diatonic Genus.
    • Notes of the Aeolian Mood in the Diatonic Genus.
  • CHAP. VII. Of Discords.
  • CHAP. VIII. Of Differences.
  • CHAP. IX. Conclusion.