Of the dark beverage of hell.


NOTATION IN MODULATION.

(o) high.
(oo) high and loud.
([o]) low.
([oo]) low and loud.
(=) quick.
(_''_) short and quick.
(_sl_.) slow.
(_p_.) soft.
(_pp_.) very soft.
(_f_.) loud.
(_ff_.) very loud.
(_pl_.) plaintive.
(<) increase.
(>) decrease.

EXAMPLES FOR EXERCISE IN MODULATION.


(_p_.) Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows,
And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows;
(_f_.) But when loud surges lash the sounding shore,
The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar.

(_sl_.) When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw,
The line, too, labors, and the words move slow: