Book Meme

Too slow a tempo is unsuitable to the ornamental melodic motions characteristic of the third species.

from Counterpoint in Composition by Felix Salzer and Carl Schachter

Meme from Greg Newman, Justin Lilly and Brian Rosner:

• Grab the nearest book.
• Open it to page 56.
• Find the fifth sentence.
• Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
• Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.