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NEW MUSIC BY C. CHAULIEU,
PUBLISHED BY
R. COCKS AND CO.
20, PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON.


FIRST SIX MONTHS AT THE PIANOFORTE,

Six books, each
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Mr. Chaulieu’s First Six Months at the Pianoforte is a work which, from its singular merit and immense practical utility, cannot by any possibility fail to become more popular among us than any other elementary work that has ever appeared. To those who have not yet had an opportunity of inspecting this masterly work, some account of its plan, and an abstract of its contents, may not be thought uninteresting.

PLAN.

Each Month is divided into Four Parts; of these, Parts 1, 2, 3, are entitled Studies, and Part 4, Recreations. Each Month is devoted chiefly, though not exclusively, to one particular key.

First Month (key of C).

Part 1 contains numerous five-finger Exercises, easy Lessons on Chords—entitled Harmonic Studies,—Short Scales, Examples on Extensions, &c.

Part 2, Lessons on one position of the hands, for the gradual acquirement of Time, and a knowledge of the relative duration of the Notes, Rests, &c.

Part 3, Scales in various intervals, and numerous miscellaneous Exercises for both hands.

Part 4, Recreations, containing pleasing Airs, with one or more Preludes to each.

Second Month (key of G).

The arrangement is similar to that in the first month, but the Exercises are somewhat more difficult.

Third Month (key of F).

The arrangement is again similar to that observed in the previous months, the Exercises becoming gradually more and more difficult and diversified.

Fourth Month (key of D).

Still the same arrangement as before, but with greater diversification and increased difficulty in the Examples. Here we have Lessons on Double Notes, on Thirds, on Rhythm, on Counting and Beating Time, on Triplets, explanations of the Turn, the Da Capo, the Pause, Accents, &c. and nine short and brilliant Preludes in the Keys of D and A.

Fifth Month (chiefly in the key of C).

Same arrangement. This month contains chromatic Scales and Passages, various useful forms of Arpeggio, Extensions, Rhythmic Exercises, Harmonic Studies, Seventeen brilliant Preludes in the Keys of F, B flat, E flat, &c. and a valuable and pleasing Study on Punctuation and Expression.

Sixth Month (chiefly in C).

Here, under the same arrangement, we meet with numerous important Exercises, both diatonic and chromatic, founded on the Scale, as also Lessons on Triplets, and on Sixths and Octaves struck simultaneously. A complete explanation of the Shake and the Appoggiatura. Rhythmic Exercises, Examples on the Scherzando or Leggiero. A general mode of simplifying Chords to suit small hands, and, lastly, an Enharmonic Exercise.

Such is the plan of this truly admirable work; and the execution is so novel and ingenious, that it is in the highest degree masterly. Indeed, I have no hesitation in saying that, for the tuition of children on the Pianoforte, no work of equal merit and utility has ever come before the public. For Class or School-teaching it will be found absolutely invaluable; and country teachers, and persons who have not had long experience in tuition, will, by its aid, be enabled to guide their pupils into a short and pleasant path, along which their progress towards excellence will be rapid and certain, and which will assuredly redound equally to their profit and their reputation.

J. Hamilton, Author of the Musical Catechisms.


A List of M. Chaulieu’s other Elementary Music,
ALSO PUBLISHED BY R. COCKS AND CO.


NEW MUSICAL ALPHABET

Adapted to the capacity of children from four years of age.
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The above very ingenious little work contains One Hundred Exercises in one position of the hand, and is adapted to precede any book of instruction.

CATECHISM OF MUSIC,

Dedicated to Mothers of Families.
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This work contains a singular, brief, and lucid Exposition of the principles of Musical Notation, by question and answer, comprised in twelve short and easy Lessons, remarkable for their simplicity and natural arrangement of ideas.

ANALYTICAL COURSE OF THE THEORY OF MUSIC,

With Atlas of Mnemonic Tables, and Glossary of 400 Italian Musical Terms, with their significations.
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THE INDISPENSABLE.

Manual for young Performers on the Pianoforte, or Exercises for every day; containing diatonic and chromatic Scales, Shakes, Exercises for equalizing the fingers, Thirds, Octaves, and twenty-four little Preludes, in which are introduced all the Signs and Terms employed in Music, Op. 100.
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This work contains Exercises for equalizing the power of the fingers, and laying a sure foundation for pure and brilliant Execution. The arrangement is novel and happy; a page is appropriated to each day of the month, containing Scales for both hands, Passages for the five fingers, Shakes, and a short and brilliant Prelude, and occasionally Exercises on Double Notes, in Thirds, Sixths, and Octaves, on Chords, and an explanation of the use of the Metronome for beginners.

Supplement to ditto
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STUDIES.

Preparatory Studies
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Special Studies
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Octave Exercise
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Harmonic Studies
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Eighteen Preludes
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