| 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 figures |
| ...heißt konsonirend. | ...is consonant... |
| Bach’s definition of consonance here is notable by relying completely on practice, without any reference to mathematics or acoustics. | |
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