Show I 1 dt toz foz for demerec mems ems I 1 was much pleased yesterday i thile perusing a copy of your last oue 1 bue of the semiweekly semi bemi weekly NEWS to I 1 bern burn tern irn that prof balt bait lake ri ity is making efforts to introduce 1 sa tonic sai sal pa fa methods of teach tim lid I 1 I 1 and learning vocal music that thod was waa first introduced into egland gland lland 1 1 1 upwards ot of thirty five asira im 1 m ago by mr john curwin of a i on and its ita beauty and simpli i iksoon floon attracted much attention i ad id choral unions were established i i i most moat of the counties of england I 1 i waa also used very extensively I 1 congregational singing pinging psalm I 1 ay lys etc most ll if not all al the j feat eat ora ura were transposed into a 13 method such masterpieces j it 0 handels messiah 11 1 hay I 1 Ws creation Moz mon arts mints twelfth I 1 i tab hab were learned and rendered 10 rth much greater facility and nei aci raey nacy than they possibly could be ithe libe old or standard notation notations the at point of superiority of this iddo filo sol bol fah system of vocal muga i arl the standard is tho the dispensing I 1 lith semi bemi arevea minims croohe crochets ts I 1 stera steib ameiss aveia bemi lines an and d I 1 aceb seeb aceb clefas etc and using simply i W characters or their in ab b nii nit is lor loe ot S boh soh d for doh dohy etc etca 1 li 41 with the tho addico addition U of dots and abes rss oss to indicate the length of each t je e the tonio sol soi nah fah musical score boore eede e d every whole tone or i fe pitone pi i to tone gafin in the natural scale has i U ame as doh de ray re me fan fah feye fene ies hes ascending ending and the tho bame same amede dei fendel reu teu deg and the student be comine I 1 orough ly fa with these t j names and their respective as in their alphabetical ord order e r ills t practicing upon the I 1 alator nl ator has only to learn rd dots and dashes which indicate I 1 fatime time t and he wili wiil be enabled to I 1 tg almost any piece of musto in fi notation at bight eight therefore I 1 area prea reading breading ding of music la Is rendered I 1 fach eh easier than it Is by crotchety crotchets crotch ets H I 1 qu quavers amers etc besides this the abulon abrion ns rion Ulon from one key hey to another s I 1 the course counse of a piece of music is I 1 lide ilde de much uch easier from the fact act I 1 it M ehni the a sol soi 0 efah name of the desired I 1 y is ia placed beside the note bequir transition and the vocalist as without any embarrassment at least without straining hib his i tk k to produce the exact sharp xa flat 51 or three fiste flate as the case i ly be as encountered in the old i tation the tono sol fah method H music is not nov adapted fon for inspru I 1 lintal lintai music but bat it seems to have i ka kea created specially to facilitate i te a practice of vocal music its i net get feature being heing simplicity I 1 have in my poa possession session it a cen bertill till was awarded mew me while hilen hllen a I 1 lumber anber of the birmingham tonic tonie IV fah union some twenty two I 1 bra are ago and I 1 can well recollect collect ic 14 i tc time I 1 received the news that III davido calder was teaching ltha ids method at balt bait lmke imke city tah aoh this system of music commends i kit nit for its simplicity and I 1 am of 4 jt le opinion that the simplest is ia the rii 01 tit whether in learning music lec lee vange science ethics or religion rei gIon glon hib bib ats all the tha noisome jugla ot the tt 0 idle ido nonsense of laborious fools tonetter to fetten fetter reason reabon with rules wishing professor Prof ebson cesor smyth success I 1 this tonic sol fah labors and ming your pardon for this short toed I 1 am yours very truly JOHN burrows BrIg dilg brigham harn hain city nov esth 1883 |