{"product_id":"9781628451900","title":"How to Study Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eHOW TO STUDY MUSIC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy Charles Hubert Farnsworth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbridged Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER I: DIFFICULTIES IN THE STUDY OF MUSIC. SUMMARIZING PROPOSITIONS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of notation is often conducted in such a way as to produce a dislike of music and a misjudgment of its values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of singing is often so conducted that it is thought of only as a clever thing to do, rather than as a beautiful expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChorus practice in school is often so conducted that the opportunity is considered as a recreation period without standards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano practice is often so done that it is thought of as drudgery without compensation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is frequently an attitude towards music that looks on it as a sensuous excitement, its value determined only by the individual's fancy, while musical production is looked on as an exhibition of skill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProducing and listening to music as a family is a great help in making a united and happy home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER II. HOW TO LISTEN TO MUSIC.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic is an expressive art, hence when employed with poetry the latter must be understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic is an art of the imagination, hence demands active cooperation on the part of the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusic is an art of design, hence needs the development of the memory for grasping the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most effective aid in order to grasp the form of music is to memorize the motives from which music is developed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most effective aid in order to grasp and retain the content of music is to attempt to describe its mood in some dramatic way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER III. HOW LEARN NOTATION WITHOUT AWAKENING A DISLIKE FOR MUSIC. SUMMARIZING PROPOSITIONS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how meter is a practical device for deciding the plan of the music and the relative duration of its parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how variation in duration is a part of the design of the music and may be determined by aid of the meter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how the feeling for key, or tonic, is essential in deciding how the pitch varies and may be discovered by anyone who goes at it right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how the pitch notation for the singer is a device for measuring distance and not the names of particular tones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing how analyzing what is heard may help one to enjoy music better by teaching one how to listen and remember better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER IV. HOW A CHILD SHOULD LEARN TO SING. SUMMARIZING PROPOSITIONS. . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHAPTER V. HOW LEARN TO PLAY THE PIANO. 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