rtists, and their visions, and those of them who can
realize a perspective in which their art takes its place with other
educative forces are among the most valuable educators of the rising
generation.

ETHEL HOME.
KENSINGTON,
_January, 1916._

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE TRAINING OF THE MUSIC TEACHER 9

II. THE ORGANIZATION OF MUSICAL WORK IN SCHOOLS 15

III. THE TEACHING OF VOICE PRODUCTION AND SONGS 20

IV. THE SOL-FA METHOD 26

V. FIRST LESSONS TO BEGINNERS IN EAR-TRAINING 31

VI. THE TEACHING OF SIGHT-SINGING 35

VII. THE TEACHING OF TIME AND RHYTHM 40

VIII. THE TEACHING OF DICTATION 43

IX. THE TEACHING OF EXTEMPORIZATION AND HARMONY 48

X. THE TEACHING OF ELEMENTARY COMPOSITION 55

XI. THE TEACHING OF TRANSPOSITION 60

XII. GENERAL HINTS ON TAKING A LESSON IN EAR-TRAINING 65

XIII. THE TEACHING OF THE PIANO 70

XIV. SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS ON LEAVING A TRAINING
DEPARTMENT 79

CHAPTER I

THE TRAINING OF THE MUSIC TEACHER

Let us consider the case of a young girl who has finished her school
education, and has supplemented this by a special course of technical
work in music, which has ended in her taking a musical diploma. She now
wishes to teach. What are the chief problems which she will have to
face? She must first of all make up her mind whether she wishes to
confine her work to the teaching of a solo instrument, together with
some work in harmony or counterpoint, along orthodox lines, or whether
she wishes to be in touch with modern methods of guiding the _general_
musical education of children, as taken in some schools in the morning
curriculum. If the latter, she must enter on a course of special
training.

There is also a practical reason why many who wish to teach music at the
present time are entering a training department. In a paper recently
issued by the Teachers' Registration Council we find the following
paragraph dealing with 'Conditions of Registration':

'The applicant must produce evidence satisfactory to the Council of
having completed successfully a course of training in the principles an