Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh Bards: Preserved, by Tradition and Authentic Manuscripts, from Very Remote Antiquity; Never Before Published; to the Bardic Tunes are Added Variations for the Harp, Piano-forte, Violin, Or Flute, with a Select Collection of the Pennillion, and Englynion; Or, Poetical Blossoms, Epigramatic Stanzas and Pastoral Songs of Wales, with English Translations; Likewise, a General History of the Bards and Druids |
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The number of strings are 54 , 56 , and as far as 60 ; whereas we read , that
among the Jews the Cithara , or Psalterion of the Prophet , had only 10 strings .
The distribution of the strings of one of these Harps , ( which I obtained a few
months ...
The number of strings are 54 , 56 , and as far as 60 ; whereas we read , that
among the Jews the Cithara , or Psalterion of the Prophet , had only 10 strings .
The distribution of the strings of one of these Harps , ( which I obtained a few
months ...
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It may be a question worthy a mathematician to answer , what curve the strings
will form , so as to bear all an equal stress ... from the shortest Treble to the
longest Bafs string , so that none of them would be more liable to break than
another ...
It may be a question worthy a mathematician to answer , what curve the strings
will form , so as to bear all an equal stress ... from the shortest Treble to the
longest Bafs string , so that none of them would be more liable to break than
another ...
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2 In process of time , the Double Harp , or Harp with two rows of strings , was
invented , which supplied the deficiency , and obviated the difficulty , in some
degree , of the flats and sharps ; though they had a method of producing them
long ...
2 In process of time , the Double Harp , or Harp with two rows of strings , was
invented , which supplied the deficiency , and obviated the difficulty , in some
degree , of the flats and sharps ; though they had a method of producing them
long ...
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Three ' ; for instance , their Triads ? ; their triplet verses ? ; their Harps being
triangular , and their tuning keys having three arms * ; likewise , a little more than
three centuries ago , the Harp received the addition of a triple row of strings .
Three ' ; for instance , their Triads ? ; their triplet verses ? ; their Harps being
triangular , and their tuning keys having three arms * ; likewise , a little more than
three centuries ago , the Harp received the addition of a triple row of strings .
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6. and its bass , The strings of the Cruth explained , and the usual method of
tuning them " : Tune be in Aring . 6th 5th 4th 3d 2d if Then tune the 5th ftring , or
key note to it thus : Tune the 6th Itring to the 5th Atring , The 2d string 1 The 3d
Aring to ...
6. and its bass , The strings of the Cruth explained , and the usual method of
tuning them " : Tune be in Aring . 6th 5th 4th 3d 2d if Then tune the 5th ftring , or
key note to it thus : Tune the 6th Itring to the 5th Atring , The 2d string 1 The 3d
Aring to ...
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