THE — Premier Method Saint Jacome, Marque, Bruni, Mollier, Gebauer, Martin, and Others. CARL WEBER. J. W. PEPPER, ighth and Locust Streets, PHILADELPHIA, PA.— CONTENTS. — {2 Picea Dretnge Seay, ‘Sealaraa | Renerehors as ! = ees art = Seale Chromatie Detar by Fat = ss | Eerie {uo i vat Madr ws Varton 38 SELECTED SOLOS AND DUETS. Attn a1 ra a ane ‘Misprtn Sov 1 (ae comm ‘cat Soe . . pee 2 | Prev errno row YioUaRUDIMENTS OF PUSIC. Before the student can commence to play on any instrument, it is necessary that he should be ‘The signs, which indicate the pitch and duration of musical sound, fguredtius: 2 2 6 fk FG ter seven letters of the alphabet: C,D, E, F,G, A, B, and are written on, J "Phe names of the notes are deter: acqua called Notes, and are ete, ‘They are named between, above or below five parallel lines called the Sé mined by Clfs, placed on different lines, the two most common are the Treble or G Clef, and the Bass or F Clef. ‘The music in this school will only be written in the Alto or C Clef Eis placed on the third line of the stave. ‘The names of the not on the five dines are on the four spaces between the lines : [75 . wh DF of the two notes above and below the lines: To indicate the full compass of sounds in use, Leger lines have therefore to be added, above and below the stave, = ow AL mat oH Duration of Notes and Rests. Seven characters determine the value of notes, seven the value of rests, Forms of Different Notes and Rests. Sixty fount Whole note Wat mote, | Quarter mate, | Eighth Sixteenth note. | ‘Thity second, < é 8 zZ 2 = i Whole rest ales. quaterrest. | righthrest. | sisteenth rest. | sand rest, ath rest, Premier Stthod fr Vis