Machete tutor, a stitched booklet of three double pages consisting of the top five lines of larger sheets. Handwritten. Contents as follows:
1R) Principios do Machete / para o uso do Illmo Sr / James Duff Gordon. Within pen stroke cartouche. Madeira Maio 20 de 1843.
1V) Notas das Cordas soltas – open strings.Escala natural d’ – c” ascending, with fingerings. Escala chromatica d’ – a” with fingerings.
2R) descending half of chromatic scale. Salto de 3a, with fingerings.3as unidas.
2V) Exercicio, quaver passages exploiting jumps of thirds and scale passages. Exercicio, exploitation of thirds and fourths.
3R) Ligaduras, Apogiaturas e Trrinas mais usuaes, ascending and descending slurred quavers, descending turns.
3V) Accordes emm Cadencias pelos tons mais usuaes, perfect cadences in four-part harmony in C,G,D,A,F major and A,E,D Minor
4R) Braço do Machete, Com as notas que pertencem a cada corda ascending chromatic scale, one octave on each string.
4V) Escalas das tons mais usuaes, 2 ascending octaves d’ – d” in G, D, A, F major
5R) Exercicio Chromatico.
5V) Exercicio. Todas as notas que tivercem este signal n devem se tocas para sima, e as outras que nas tem, para baixo. Exercises in strumming 4-part chords.
6R) Valse, in C mostly chordal passage-work.
6V) Dança das Saloias.
Principios do Machete (Machete tutor music manuscript) M55-1982
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