William Barley, A Pathway to Music (1596)
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Date
1596
Author
Book title
The pathway to Musicke, contayning sundrie familiar and easie Rules for the readie and true vnderstanding of the Scale, or Gamma-vt: wherein is exactlie shewed by plaine deffinitions, the principles of this Arte, brieflie laide open by way of questions and answers, for the better instruction of the learner. Whereunto is annexed a treatise of Descant, & certaine Tables, which doth teach how to remoue any song higher, or lower from one Key to another, neuer heretofore published
Publication place
London
Printer
J. Danter
Publisher
William Barley
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
music
Summary
Definitions of musical terms
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
<i>Scala</i> in Lattine signifieth a Ladder, which name is giuen as wel for the likenes as the vse: For the likenes because it hath lines like steps in a Ladder, and spaces, in which the <i>Cleues</i> or Keyes do stand, for the vse because it serueth the learner to climbe vp to the knowledge of Musicke: or that he must ascend and descend therewith, as men doe in building. (a3r)
explanations: English
explanations: English
<i>Scala</i> in Lattine signifieth a Ladder, which name is giuen as wel for the likenes as the vse: For the likenes because it hath lines like steps in a Ladder, and spaces, in which the <i>Cleues</i> or Keyes do stand, for the vse because it serueth the learner to climbe vp to the knowledge of Musicke: or that he must ascend and descend therewith, as men doe in building. (a3r)
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
STC
19464
