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' 1APPENDIX. 323Regula VII.When the second and fourth are indicated over a note (*) the sixthis generally taken too, although not indicated. The notes in the chordof I are always struck afresh when the bass note is held from thepreceding chord, and the | is resolved by means of the chord of | whenthe bass descends a semitone, as may be seen by the followingexampleRegula VIII.When the false (imperfect) fifth (? 5)is indicated, it must alwaysbe prepared ; the 3 and 6, whether indicated or not, must be playedtogether with the bass as seen in the following exampleWhere such closing phrases {Cadcntz Claiiscln) as 3443 0^2^^^occur, they are called Syncopations, because they are, as it were,bound and intricate in their character ;sometimes, too, they areindicated simply by 3-4-4-3, but yet played in full, as below :p^ -*—^^. t-l'^—•'-1n LiE^17 6 53 4 4 3'^ÖV- 1/ r^ :^—^^—Where passages of rapid notes following one another occur, as theyfrequently do in figured-bass, it is not necessary to play chords toevery note, but only in minims or crotchets ; the other bass notes are18 The third chord in the right hand, and the slurs, are wanting in the MS.'' Figuring in the MS. sj. The slur from g'— g' is wanting.&Y 3