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Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 12

FOR , / HALF %CHOW^. SHOULD BE IN ALL HOMES WHERE THERE IS A PIANO OR ORGAN. nnHE above heading will, of course, appear to JL moafc people as the hoighfc ok' absurdity, yet the absurdity is mos:e apparent than real. It goes without saying that a finished musical education in the regular course cannot be had fora crown, or even with. several hundred additional crowns, but can it be truthfully said that the person with a sufficienb knowledge of music to play accompaniments readily oa the piano or organ to all the popular aud standard songs of the day has no musical education ? Assuredly nofc. A musical education sufficient to enable one to play correctly accompaniments to the songs snng in the home frequently gets aud giveß more pleasure from the modest accomplishment than doe% N the acquirements of many on whose education large sums have beea expended. To the more modest mnsical education the above heading applies. Such an education the Otago Witness* is now enabled to offer its music-loving readers for half a crown, the publishers haring recently decided to reduce the price to that sum. Tbis ready-made musical education consists of Pralt's Chart ef Chords for the Piano and Organ, which is the nearest approach to a ready-made knowledge of music yel attained by science. It is a short cut to harmony, and ia to music what the multiplication table is to arithmetic — a' quiok method o£ 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 accom- ! panist. It w complete self-instructor, enabling ; anyone to play without difficulty accompaniments to ftuy socg ever written. Ife is v&luable > to the advanced musician as> well as the be- [ ginner, embracing nearly avery major and minor chord used in music, and ia endorsed by teachers and musicians everywhere. This chart is th& practical result of years of study by Chades E. Pr&t*, the noted American composer and musician, whose compositions have world-wide popuiasity and a larger sale than those of any other American or European composer. Believing that the educational and pleasursgiving value of this Charb Is very great, the Otago Witness has arranged with the publishers to supply Pratii'a Chart o£ Chords to its readers at Half a Ceown each, and in j addition to the Chart of Chords the publisher ' have kindly agresd to send without extra tb&sg.. a copy of the Book of Songs, containing 184songs, with words and music. Many of these songs are old-time favourites long out of print that can be obtained in no other way. Every home that has a piano or organ, especially where there are children, should have Pratt's Chart of Chords. { I Address, wifch postal notes to value of 2s 6d, j \ with l£d for postage, Publishers Otaso Wit- | j ness, Dunedin. • * ! Patents. Trade Marks j HEftRY HUGHES, C.E., M.E., j T> EGISTERED Patent. Agent by Government XL Examination, corner of. Manse and High streets, Dunedin ; &nd at Wellington and Auck land. Patents and Trade Maries obtained in all Countries. Specifications and Drawings Accurately Preparedi Established 1882. -