CHAPTER V.
A PAPER OF SEEDS.
"He who is a true master, let him undertake what he will, is sure to accomplish something." Schumann.
"To engender and diffuse faith, and to promote our spiritual well-being, are among the noblest aims of music." Bach.
V.
A PAPER OF SEEDS.
ANALYZE SONGS.
Every song or other vocal composition should be analyzed as the first step in its study. The first theme noted, and the second also, if such there be; the connecting bars; the points which are descriptive or which contain contrasts; the phrases which may present difficulties of vocalization; the climax; and, as well, what relation the prelude and other parts of the accompaniment bear to the song. It is probable that before the pupil is capable of doing this by himself, the teacher must do it for him, not on one song merely, but on a dozen or twenty. A wise teacher will gather his pupils to hear him analyze music now and then. It saves time at individual lessons, for the analysis will be understood by a group as easily as by an individual. It matters not so much that the pupils are not to sing those particular songs, for at the gathering, the way to do the thing will be learned. Then as other songs are taught at private lessons, the pupils will be prepared to receive quickly, the instruction.
FAULT FINDING.