nd _La_, _Fa_, lying near unto the
rest, so must their Sounds be nearer when you come to Tune your Voice in
harmony, _&c._ and the better to express with your Voice, and so observe
the difference between half and whole distances of Notes; Sing often
over these six Mona-Syllables, _viz._ _One_, _Two_, _Three_, _Four_,
_Five_, _Six_, distinctly, as is to be observed in the Tune of Six
Bells; and when you have done it many times, Sing only _One_, _Two_,
_Three_, _Four_, and there stop, repeating three four by them selves for
they are _Semitones_ distant in Sound, and the rest are alone, or a
whole Note distant each from the next; so that by a little Judicial
Observation you will perceive the three and four Bells to be a lesser
distant in Sound, than the other.

The Figures or Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, in the foregoing Marginal
Figures, shew the several distances to the Eye of the Six Notes where
_Le_ is the first, _D_ the Second, _&c._ and the third and fourth, are
_Ce_, _B_, distant half a Note or Tune.

_Directions for the Tuning of Notes, &c._

The properest and most easy way for Tuning your Notes rightly, must be
considered either in following the Voice of one skilled in Musick, or
Singing, or some such Tuned Instrument, as is accomodated with Frets or
Keys, which are the readiest and only ways as yet made use of by
Practitioners. That of a Matter being most common, but where none of
these can be had by the party desirous to Learn, I shall lay down the
following Directions, which will very much Instruct one that hath a
Musical Ear, especially such a one as has heard, and can Sing the Notes
of the Six Bells, of which, I presume, there are few, whose Genius Leads
them to the Science of Musick, are Ignorant.

Let me put then, Supposing that you can Sing, _One_, _Two_, _Three_,
_Four_, _Five_, _Six_, right; then shall I by the help of these Notes,
proceed to set you further in the right, and lead you to all the rest.

Consider well then, that beginning to Sing the first Note, let it stand
on what Line or Space it will, you may Sing it with what Tune you think
fit, either higher low, (as to the pitch of your Voice) but with this
caution, that you reckon how many Notes you have above or below it, that
your Voice in its pitch may be so managed as to reach them both without
Squeaking or Grumbling, or any harsh or rough Indecency of Sound.

For applying which six Notes, observe this first Example;

Make your beginning w