The Keytone: a New, Complete, and Progressive Presentation of the Rudiments of Music
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Abilene Christian University Digital Commons @ ACU Stone-Campbell Books Stone-Campbell Resources 1897 The Keytone: A New, Complete, and Progressive Presentation of the Rudiments of Music H. N. Lincoln Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books Part of the Music Commons Recommended Citation Lincoln, H. N., "The Keytone: A New, Complete, and Progressive Presentation of the Rudiments of Music" (1897). Stone-Campbell Books. 405. https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/crs_books/405 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Stone-Campbell Resources at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Stone-Campbell Books by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. .• UP-TO-DATE AND BEYOND IT. VOCAL MU S°IC IN A NUT SHEL L . · i --~;o~~ND~ A~;r~ ~ OF TEA ~¥ ING SINGING sc__~_ef~ ,L ;._. ..... · r, · ., r · t· /' ~- ·l / ! /I ~ ' _j ) i -·-"'l _,..Lk.,_...--.-· ,.,. IV' 1. ·' V:·.. '·•. 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I• Address all orders to : ( I - SONOLANDCOMPANY, 363 .Wood St., Dallas, Texas. ,- . 1 - ') / ....... MUSIC TEACHER. Copyrig,ht, 1897, by H . N . L INCOLN. All rights re se rved . NOTICE. Publish ers are hereby warned against publishing any of the original matter in this theory of music. A NEW AND PROGRESSIVE TREATISE ON MUSICAL THEORY. BY H. N . LINCOLN. This work is like all other up-to-elate text-books- topica l, rather than catecheti cal. Smith' s grammar and the old" question and answer" series of S unday Schoo l literatur e and all books on this plan, have been wise ly relegated to th e back gro und , and ne w, topica l, outlined object teaching has taken its place , in all departments of in st ru ction. CHAPTER ONE. PRACTICAL LESSON. Sound, Tone, Tone-Properties, Departments. -Th e practical lesson in each chapter is designed ·as an ou tlin e of th e manner of instructi on for elementary work. 1:he teacher would start hi_s work ,;omet hin g lik e the foll owing: A pleasant evening to yo u all. \,Viii all Vl[ho an• ?lad th~y are here, say welcome -. Everybody say it, ;'oude r-. Th e das h will impl y th at a req 11eEt of the teacher is responded to by the pupils; or that the teac her shou ld ask a question on the clause just before the r'.ash, to be answered by all the pupils. Each of you clap you r hands together -. Again, loudei· - . Re peat this act and count as your hand s strike ( all exact ly together) up to eight- , Aga in-. \Vhat you heard yourself and others doing in these exe rcises is called sound . In genera l, sound is what we he11r. Listen to me ( sing some med ium pi tch, E or G ) . Thi s is sound . It is a musical sound . It is calle d a tone-. All sing it wit h me-. Li ste n aga in. (S ing six quarter len gt hs and one half length, pitc h G.) All sing that with me-. ( It will require some tact to get all the class to working.) A tone is a music al sound-. A tone has properties-. vVhat is true of one · tone is tru e of all tones, as far r,s properties are con cerned - . W e are studying music. A nyt hin g pleasan"t to hear is mu sic, as a schoolboy's shout ; b ut mu sic prop er is an agreeable arrangement of tones, agreea Vy peifonned -. M usic, then, treats of tones, and tones .hav e properties- . (Write in large plain let ters on th e black boar d, ToNE-PROPER1 1rns.) • 1 THE NEW MUSIC TEACHER. ( All sing a high tone; sing after me-. ( Repeat several times.) Sing a tune not so high-. A tone sti I I lower-. A tone that is neith er high nor low at ail. ( Of course they cannot <lo this.) A tone, then, has hig·hness or lowness, called PITCH-. ( To the right of " Tone-Prope1ties" on the board, draw a bracket with four divis ·ions, and write PITCH in the first division.) All sing a tone of long duration; sing after me-. (Repeat.) A tone of less duration___:: Still less-. Sing a tone that has neither long nor short duration. ( Impossible.) A tone, then, has longness or shortness of duration,called LENGTH-. ( Write LENGTH in the second division of the bracket, just under Pitch.) , All sing a tone by using all the force of your vocal organs. Sing after me. A tone with less force or loudness-. Still less force, that is, a soft tone-. A tone that has no loudness nor softness at all. (Of course they will fail.) A tone, then, has loudness or seftness, called Pow1m. (Write it in the third bracket under Length.) Now comes the sugar-stick of tone. All sing after me a tone with your throats in a natural position, that is, open--. This is a clear tone-. Sing again, enlarging the throat as much as you .can, that is, cover the throat internallv-. This is a somber tone-. It is impossible to sing without the throat in some position, so a tone has either clearness or somberness, called Q_uALITY-.