Reading the transcriptions

"Duple Proportion is, when to a Stroke, or Semibrief-time, is sung 2 Minims... one to Thesis or Fall, and the other to Arsis or Rise of the Hand"

(CB.24)

(MB. unnumbered extra folio after L iv)

'What is the sign of Duple measure?'

'A half-circle with, or without, a stroke. '

(MB.Biii^v)

basics | long-short | timenote=tactus | tactus=heartbeat | dimensio binaria | tripla white minims | tripla white semibreves | tripla black semibreves | rests | NB