Excerpt from The Teacher's Handbook of the Tonic Sol-Fa System: A Guide to the Teaching of Singing in Schools by the Tonic Sol-Fa System Improved teaching can only be looked for through an improved knowledge of the subject, and increased skill in the methods of teaching by the regular teachers. The object of this work is to aid the teacher in presenting the subject in a manner which will make the study a source of pleasure and profit to teacher and pupil alike. The author offers his experience in the hope that it may lighten the labours of his co-workers in a great and good cause. The plan of this work deals in detail with each branch of the subject, and explains, by means of Specimen Lessons and appropriate suggestions, the simplest and most practical methods of application. A number of exercises are given in each department, which, although. Insufficient in themselves, will enable the teacher to prepare others as may be deemed necessary. 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.