Excerpt from On the Basis of Music: Containing an Elementary Account of the Nature Musical and Chords, the Generation of Scales and Modulations, and the Origin and Effects of the Usual Tempered Scales
What induces composers to put in those horrid accidentals, which cause the young lady so much more trouble to play than they are worth, so far as she can see? And why are pieces written in different keys? Why do we have si natures of five flats and six sharps, which puzzle one so? An why call a note B at one time and 0 flat at another? Or C at one time' and B sharp at another? What is the use of having two or three names for every note, it is so puzzling? And, please, why are there no black notes between E and F, or between B and C on the piano P And iwhy can you play Scotch tunes by playing on the black notes on.
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