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Otago Witness, Issue 2302, 14 April 1898, Page 12

A MUSICAL EDUCATION' FOR A CROWN. i SHOULD BE IN ALL HOMES WHERE THERE IS A PIANO OR ORGAN. rinHE above beading will, of course, appear to JL most people as the height of absurdity, i ycb the absurdity is more apparent thau real. J It goes without sayicg that a fiatshed muslcftl 1 educalioa in the regular course cannot be had j for a crown, or even with several hundred addi- j lioual crowns, bub can ib be truthfully said that j the person with a sufficient knowledge of music to play accompaniments readily on the pic.no or orgen to all the popular and standard gongs of the day has no musical education ? Assuredly nob. A musical education sufficient to enable one to play correctly accompaniments to the songs sung in the home frequently gets and gives more pleasure from the modest accomplishment than does the acquirements of many on whose education large sums have been expended. To the more modest; musical education the above heading applies. Such an education the Otago Witness is now enabled to offer its music-loving readers for a crown, believing that it is the greatest benefit ib can give to its subscribera. This ready-made musical education consists of Pratt's Gharb of Chords for the Piano and Organ, which fa the nearest approach to a ready-made knowledge of music yet attained by science. It is & short cut to harmony, and is to music what the multiplication table is to arithmetic — a quick method ef learning to play the Piano or Organ without a teacher. With this chart anyone can with but a small amount of practice become an expert accompanist. It is complete self-instructor, enabling anyone to play without difficulty accompaDi"menta to any song ever written. Ib is valuable to the advanced musician &s viell as the beginner, embracing nearly avery major and minor chord ueed in music, and in endorsed by teachers atd musicians everywhere. - This chart is the 'practical result of 3 ears of study by Charles B.. Prate, the ncfed American composer and musician, •flhese csompopitions havo world-wide popularity »cd a largei s&3e than those of any other American or E;5roB»»n i composer. ' Believing that the educational value of this Chart ia very great, the Otago Witness has arranged with, the publishers to supply Pratt's Chart of Chords to its readers at 5s each, and in addition to the Ch&rfc of Chords the publishers have kindly agreed to send without extra charge a copy of the Bock of "Songs, containing 184 songs, with words"and 'music. Many of these songs are old-.timo v favourites long out of print that can bo obtained in .no other way. Every home that has a piano or organ, especirHj where there- are children, should have Pratt'* Chart of Chords. Tliia ooer is made for a short time only, and reader* should avail themselves of it without delay. .Address, with postal notes to value of ss, Publishers Otago "Witness, Dunedin. Patents Tkadd Marks HENRY HUGHES, C.E., WS.E., "OEGISTERED Patent Agent by Government JLSL Examination, corner of Manse and High streets. Uunedin ; and at Wellington and Auck land. Patents ami Trade Mark* outained in all Countries. Specifications and Drawings Accurately Prepared Established ISB£