Excerpt from Rudiments of Musical Knowledge This little primer is intended as a text-book for candidates who may be preparing for one of the various paper-work examinations in rudimentary musical knowledge; or who may be desirous of being able to answer fluently the viva voce questions put by the examiners in practical subjects such as pianoforte and violin playing, singing, etc. The author has, therefore, deemed it advisable - for purposes of reference - to devote a separate chapter to the complete consideration of each special branch of information such as pitch-names and places, sharps and flats, rests, time-duration, scales, etc., etc.; instead of grading and combining these different subjects into so many progressive lessons. In dealing with very young pupils, a skilful teacher will know quite easily how much of any particular chapter can be omitted at first, and be afterwards studied as the need for this additional knowledge makes itself felt. 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.