Singing for Schools and Congregations

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Of musical sounds and the management of the voice
• 2. Of replicates
• 3. Of accent, rhythm, and measure
• 4. Of the standard scale, the metronome, and the small-letter solfa notation
• 5. Of the character and mental effect of notes in key
• 6. Of the character and proper mental effect of the notes fah and lah
• 7. Of the character and proper mental effect of the notes ray and te
• 8. Of transition and the notes tu and fi, and of chromatic noted
• 9. Of minor tunes and the notes ne, bah, ni, and nu
• 10. Of melody, its nature, its styles, its structure
• 11. Of the different kinds of voices
• 12. Of harmony and counterpoint
• 13. Of the chant and the practice of chanting
• 14. Of the anthem and the hymn tune, and of congregational singing
• Index to the tunes and songs.