As another example, take the following from the
same work : —



^^g^^^fa ^i i ^rn nxr^^^^




f T r 9 t^ d d T r f t, d

115. The system of notation of which a cursory
sketch has just been given originated with the late
Miss S. A. Glover of Norwich, but has received its
present form at the hands of Mr J. Curwen, to whom
it also owes the name of ' Tonic Sol-fa,' by which it
is now so widely known. As it is no part of the plan
of the present work to go into technical details, only
so much has been said about Mr Curwen's system as
was necessary to enable the reader to grasp its
essential principle. No mention has been made of
the notation for Minor and Chromatic intervals, nor
of that for denoting the relations of time by measm-es
appealing directly to the eye, instead of by mere
symbols. On these and all other points connected
with his system, Mr Cur wen's published works on



314 TONIC SOL FA NOTATION. [X. § 115.
Tonic Sol-Fa give full and throughly lucid and in-
telligible explanations. Mr Curwen has also created
a very extensive literature of the best vocal Music,
printed in his own notation ; given a most remark-
able impulse to choral singing; and established a
system of graded certificate-examinations guaran-
teeing the attainment of corresponding stages of
Musical cultivation^,

I have enjoyed some opportunities of watching
the progress of beginners taught on the old system,
and on that of the Tonic Sol-Fa, and I assert without
the slightest hesitation that, as an instrument for
imparting the power of sight-singing, the new system
is enormously, overwhelmingly, superior to the old.
