The War Cry . a source of much trou-ble ; but by constant, unabating practice itis to be acquired. Commence by playing yourscales over slowly and very softly till scarcelyany sound is heard. At first the tone will bewheezy, as if the instrument had an attack ofasthma, and it will be anything but pleasantto keep on at it; but a wheezy piano tone ismuch preferable to a raucous braying, for ithas much promise of becoming pure whilepiano. It only needs practice to acquire apiano tone. The result will more than repayvou for the time and attention you give toit Having brought your scales to a whispe
The War Cry . a source of much trou-ble ; but by constant, unabating practice itis to be acquired. Commence by playing yourscales over slowly and very softly till scarcelyany sound is heard. At first the tone will bewheezy, as if the instrument had an attack ofasthma, and it will be anything but pleasantto keep on at it; but a wheezy piano tone ismuch preferable to a raucous braying, for ithas much promise of becoming pure whilepiano. It only needs practice to acquire apiano tone. The result will more than repayvou for the time and attention you give toit Having brought your scales to a whisper—and an even, sustained whisper at that, nota series of jerky, though soft, movements—by a rigid adherence to slow scale practice,increase your speed on the same scales, stillplaying softly, and by the time you have quitemastered these, and not till then will you befit to play in the band, for 1 maintain that aman who cannot play piano cannot play forte,for he does not know its relative position Calgary Brass Band. particularly in instruments where the mouth-pipe leads directly into the first valve, oftencauses the first valve to bind. Players shouldseek to avoid extreme pressure to obtain notesof the top register. They should be obtained,or nearly so, with as little pressure as notesof any other part of the § <£ESSENTIALS IN THE S. III.—Follow the Marks. What shall it be this week ? I have fixedthe bandsman as a spiritual man, and havejust touched on practice. Yes, I have cer-tainly advocated home practice;, and now,taking it for granted that my advice has beenacted on, I hasten to protect myself from someoutraged neighbor who might otherwisehaunt the Temple with murderous intent tothe end that poor, inoffensive Geetrom be ex-terminated, or his utterance hushed forever,by explaining, as doubtless the neighborwould, that the private dwelling-house is which to imitate a menagerie at feed-ing-time. To overcome the objection
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