Salmon, Thomas
(1648–1706)
THOMAS SALMONSALMON, THOMASTHOMAS SALMON [* 1648-† 1706] Clergyman Thomas Salmon was a musical amateur who saw no strong need for the continuation of the Guidonian hexachord nomenclature. In its place he proposed, in An Essay to the Advancement of Musick (1672), a system in which all clefs except the F clef would be abolished. A letter indicating bass, mean, or treble would be placed at the beginning of the staff. He also urged that lute music be written on the staff rather than in tablature…