Singing for Schools and Congregations
A Grammar of Vocal Music, with a Course of Lessons and Exercises Founded on the Tonic Solfa Method, and a Full Introduction to the Art of Singing at Sight from the Old Notation ...
- Author: Curwen, John
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Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Of musical sounds and the management of the voice
- 2. Of replicates
- 3. Of accent, rhythm, and measure
- 4. Of the standard scale, the metronome, and the small-letter solfa notation
- 5. Of the character and mental effect of notes in key
- 6. Of the character and proper mental effect of the notes fah and lah
- 7. Of the character and proper mental effect of the notes ray and te
- 8. Of transition and the notes tu and fi, and of chromatic noted
- 9. Of minor tunes and the notes ne, bah, ni, and nu
- 10. Of melody, its nature, its styles, its structure
- 11. Of the different kinds of voices
- 12. Of harmony and counterpoint
- 13. Of the chant and the practice of chanting
- 14. Of the anthem and the hymn tune, and of congregational singing
- Index to the tunes and songs.