Classes afford the best opportunity for training
the ear to accuracy in pitch, the eye to steadiness in reading notes,
the mind to comprehension of key relationships, form and rhythmic
movement, and the heart to a realization of the beauty and purport of
music. In classes the stimulating effect of healthy competition may be
felt, an impulse given to writing notes, transposing phrases and
melodies, strengthening musical sentiment and refining the taste.
Both the French Solfege method and the English Tonic Sol-fa system prove
the advantage of rudimentary training in classes. Mrs. John Spencer
Curwen, wife of the president of the London Tonic Sol-fa College, and
daughter-in-law of the late Rev. John Curwen, founder of the movement it
represents, has applied to pianoforte teaching the logical principles
underlying the system, which are those accepted by modern educators as
the psychological basis of all education. From her point of view the
music lesson may be made attractive from the moment the pupil is placed
at the instrument.
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