Theory and Praxis of Melodeon-Playing: Containing Over 300 Preludes Etc., In All Keys, and the Accompaniment to the Responses of Mass and Vespers, ... Aquam, O Salutaris, Tantum Ergo, Veni Creator - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Theory and Praxis of Melodeon-Playing: Containing Over 300 Preludes Etc., In All Keys, and the Accompaniment to the Responses of Mass and Vespers, Preface, Pater Noster, the Psalmmodes, Adsperges, VIDI Aquam, O Salutaris, Tantum Ergo, Veni Creator

In order to direct a current of air into a certain register, the corresponding stop must be pulled. But as each register is divided into two halves two stops which however bear different names must be pulled to Open the whole register; one Of these two stops is intended for the upper keys (treble), the other for the lower ones (bass). Then, upon touching a key, the valve beneath the aperture is Opened, the air forced out Of the bellows gains access to the tongue and causes it to vibrate and sound.

After these brief remarks on the construction of a melodeon, the first requirement is the knowledge Of the musical signs or notes, by which the keys to be touched are pointed out.

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