. This is done because of greater facility in writing, and for the same reason other slight modifications of the notation here recommended may sometimes be encountered. In dealing with children it is best usually to follow as closely as possible the principles according to which printed music is notated, in order to avoid those non-satisfying and often embarrassing explanations of differences which will otherwise be unavoidable.
[2] An exception to this rule occurs in the case of notes of unequal value stroked together, when the hook appears on the left side, thus
.
[3] It is to be hoped that the figure for the double-flat suggested by Mattheson (who also suggested the St. Andrew's cross (
) for the double-sharp) may some time be readopted. This figure was the Greek letter B, made thus, β, and its use would make our notation one degree more uniform than it is at present.
[4] The word leger is derived from the French word LÉGER, meaning light, and this use of the word refers to the fact that the leger lines, being added by hand, are lighter—i.e., less solid in color—than the printed lines of the staff itself.
[5] The word clef is derived from CLAVIS—a key—the reference being to the fact that the clef unlocks or makes clear the meaning of the staff, as a key to a puzzle enables us to solve the puzzle.