Excerpt from The New Second Music Reader There will be found, however, in the elaboration of the elementary portion of this book, much that is new and helpful to both teacher and pupil, the use of which has been made practicable by the general advancement of the science of teaching music in the schools amongst which may be mentioned, Rhythmic Analyses (by means of time-names, as originally invented by the Author of this work); Preparatory Exercises in the Study of two-part Singing; German Chromatic pitch-names, adapted to American usage; Special Exercises in Sing ing Chromatic Sounds; Diagrams of the Scale in the Various Keys; and Going from One Key to Another, together with suggestions to the teacher, at such points as seem to require particq treatment. In the Introduction will be found interesting chapters on Tune and Time; Illustrative Preparatory Lessons for the use of such schools as commence this course with the new second series OF charts and this reader. Part IV contains test-exercises for individual reading, - which is seldom provided for, but which is as necessary in the study of music as in that of language, to inspire the pupil with self-reliance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Includes arithmetic exercises to instruct student from beginner to advanced.