| Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier Zweyter Teil | Part II |
Commentary (original text in black)
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| 1. Capitel. Von den Intervallen und den Signaturen | Chapter 1. On intervals and their signatures |
| Zween Striche, zwey Kreuze, oder ein einfaches Kreuz... | Two strokes, two sharps, or a double-sharp... |
| Bach is referring here to (1) a figure with two strokes through it, (2) two sharp signs next to each other, and (3) the modern double sharp symbol. The “zween Striche” are (mistakenly?) not shown in the original music example. It is likely that the first measure was intended to be as shown below, instead of with the double sharp symbol. | |
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