| Essay on the True Manner of Playing the Clavier Zweyter Teil | Part II |
Commentary (original text in black)
Close this tab or page to return to the Versuch)
| 1. Capitel. Von den Intervallen und den Signaturen | Chapter 1. On intervals and their signatures |
| Wenn alsdenn das gehörige Accompagnement blos auf die dem innerlichen Werthe nach lange Noten fällt: so ist der Durchgang regulär (transitus regularis). | If the right-hand accompaniment only occurs on metrically accented bass notes, then it is a regular passing tone (transitus regularis). |
| Generally this is defined by saying that the passing tones are unaccented, rather than that the accompaniment is accented. | |
Close this tab or page to return to the Versuch
Translation © 2024 The Packard Humanities Institute