Excerpt from The Song-Garden, Vol. 1: A Series of School Music Books, Progressively Arranged, Each Book Complete in Itself Tm: method of teaching, with reference to which the following introductory exercises have been prepared, may be denominated the Phrase Method; it is similar to that which in elementary reading is termed the Word Method; and, as that does not require any previous knowledge of let ters, so this does not require any previous knowl edge of notes or musical characters. Its leading design is to awaken the attention and draw out the intuitional powers, preparatory to a more analytic and logical course of instruction when greater maturity, both mental and physical, shall have been attained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.