A MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR HALF-A-CROWN.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10921, 21 May 1898, Page 5

A MUSICAL EDUCATION FOR HALF-A-CROWN.

The above heading will, of course ppsar to most people as the height of i absurdity, yet the absurdity is more apparent than real. It goes without saytog that a finished musical eduoation In the regular coarse oanaot be had for half-a-crown, or even with several hundred additional half-orowns, butcanitbo truth fully said that the person with a sufficient knowledge of iuublo (o play aooompaniments on the piano or organ, to all the popular and standard songs of the day, has no musioal eduoation ? Assuredly not. A musioal eduoatiou sufficient to enable one to play correotly accompaniments to the songs sung in the home, frequently Rets and gives more pleasure from the modest accomplishment than does many on, w,hose education large aqnja have heen cxi periled. To the more modest musical education i the above heading applies. Such an education Mr H. E. Hunt, agent for the H,B.Hbrald, Is now enabled to offer its mtjsiq, loving readers for half-a<orown, believing that it is the greatest benefit It oan give to Its subscribers. Thin ready-made musical eduoation consists of Fratt's Chart of Chorda {or tho Piano and Q;fgi*n, which is the cement approach to a ready made knowledge of muaio yet attained by science. It is a short out to harmony, an^ Is to, music what the maltiplio&Mon tab]e (s to arithmetic— a gulok Method of learning to play the fii.no or Organ wttllQttt « tenghev; With this Chart anyone oan with bat a small amount of practioe become an expert pianist. It is a complete self* instructor, enabling anyone to play tho piano or organ at sight, and, to play without diffionlty brilliant accompaniments to any aong ever written. It is valuable to the advanced musloianas well as the be-ginner, embracing nearly every i

ma] or and minor chord ased in music, and is endorsed by teaoheru and mußioians everywhere. This Chart ia the praotioal result of of yeara of study by Charles E. Pratt, the noted American composer and musloian, whoso compositions have world-wide popularity and a larger sale than those of any other American or European composer. Believing that the educational value of this Chart cannot be over-estimated, the Hawke's Bat Herald have arranged with the publishers to supply Pratt'a Chart of Chords published at ss. to its readers at the reduced prloe of 2>. Gi., with 2J. added for postage, eaob, and, ia addition to the Chart of Chorda, the publishers have kindly agreed to send without extra oharge a copy of the Giant Album of songs, containing 184 songs with words nod music. Many oi these Bongs are old time favorites long out of print, that can be obtained in nc other way. Every home that has a piano or organ, especially where there are children, should havo Pralt's Chart of Chords. This cfller is made for a short time only, and Hawke'b Bay Hebald readers should avail themselves of it without delay. Address— H. H. Hunt, agent for the Hawke's Bay Herald, Hastings.