Burrowes Piano Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Adapted for Either Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Together With a Guide to Practice (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Burrowes Piano Primer, Containing the Rudiments of Music Adapted for Either Private Tuition or Teaching in Classes, Together With a Guide to Practice<br><br>The rapid sale of this little work, and the flattering approbation which has been bestowed upon it by many of the most eminent professors, have given great satisfaction to the author. In presenting another edition to the musical world, he begs to repeat that it is not intended to interfere with the mode of instruction which any teacher has already adopted, but is to be used either in private tuition or teaching in classes, in addition to the regular lessons already in use.<br><br>The author thinks it necessary to repeat that he does not offer this book as containing anything new; yet he hopes it will be found useful in explaining the rudiments, and thereby enabling the teacher to devote more time to other important branches of music.<br><br>The following remarks, although certainly superfluous to instructors in general, he hopes will not be thought intrusive.<br><br>The principle object of every teacher should be to make his pupils thoroughly comprehend one question before they proceed to another; for this purpose each one should be provided with a music slate or blank music paper upon which, after explanation, the teacher should write an exercise drawn from the questions or the Appendix, leaving the blanks to be filled up by the pupils.<br><br>Every exercise should be repeated, and the form of it varied, until it can be done without a mistake, and until the pupil is able to give an example upon the instrument, or answer any question, whether proposed in the regular order or otherwise. This will be attended with a little trouble to the instructor in the first instance only, as the author recommends that the learners of the second chapter should be teachers of h.e first; and this should be done at a distant part of the room in which the instructor is giving his lessons at the piano, that he may, by way of keeping up the attention of the scholars, occasionally inspect their examples; and it is recommended that an examination of the whole school or class should take place at stated periods.<br><br>It may perhaps be necessary to say a few words in favor of teaching in classes.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.