Motion Picture Classic (Jul-Dec 1928)

A Few Months Ago I Couldn't Play a Note Now I CanPlay Anything— Ballads Classical Numbers and Jazz I ALWAYS liked music. I envied people who could sit down at the piano and play. But I never considered taking piano lessons myself. I couldn't afford to pay a teacher and I didn't have much time for practice. But a few months ago I heard about a system of learning music which didn't require a teacher — a sj'stem by which you could teach yourself to play the piano or the violin or any other musical instrument by note in half the usual time. I made inquiries. I found out that this system was called the "Print and Rcture" method — that it had been successfully used for 28 years bv the U. S. School of Music in New York City — that it had taught half a milhon people to play musical instruments. When I found out that the cost of the lessons averaged only a few cents q day, I decided to try the course in Piano Playing. My Big Surprise What a revelation that course was! Music isn't difficult! It doesn't take long to learn. The "Print and Picture" method makes it wonderfully easy — wonderfully simple! I was amazed at my rapid progress! Before I knew it I was playing simple tunes. And now I can play anything I like — stirring marches that make the blood tingle — haunting melodies that hold folks spellbound — snappy, jazzv numbers that start feet shuffling and shoulders swajing. \Miat fun it is to play! And what good times I have playing at parties and dances! The minute I sit down at the f)iano I'm the center of a aughing, singing, jolly crowd. I've made scores of new friends. I'm sought after— invited everj-where! Honestlv, I'm getting more fun out of life than I ever thought possible! What Learning Music Does for You This stor> is typical. ^lundreds of thousands of people have learned to play musical instruments by the "Piint and Picture" method. You can do the same. There's real enjoyment in knowing how to play. You can entertain yourself for hours at a time — esp»ecially dunng evenings at home. You can entertain other folks — play at parties — make yourself popular. You can play with friends in amateur bands. Or you can join a professional orchestra or band and make money. Good musicians earn $60 to $150 a week plaj-ing in orchestras. Alwa\'8 a demand for them. Many pupils of the iT. S. School of Music now have good-paj-ing positions. How This Method Works The "Print and Picture" method makes every step clear and simple. First you are Orf an Ukulalt C«rn*t Tr«mb«n« Guitar Choose Your Course Plana Vlalln Clarinat Flut* Saiaphana Harp Mandalln 'Calla Hawaiian ttaal CulUr Sight Sln«lnf Plana Accordion Vaico and Sp*tch Culturo Drum* and Traps Automatic FIngor Control Banjo Plactrum. SStrlnfl or Ttnor Alia for advanced pianists a spaclal caursa Includlnf 24 famaui classics—a distlnctivs addltlan ta any pianist's ra»art«4ra. told what to do — then a picture shows you what to do — then you do it yourself and hear it. No private teacher could make it clearer. Children — some only 7 years old — have found this method easy as A. B. C. You don't have to know a thing about music to start. This sv-stem makes the reading and plaj-ing of music almost as simple as reading aloud from a book. Ovide Musin — head of the Musin Virtuoso School of Violin, in New York said: "How can you teach %-iolin through written lessons?" He was in^nted to \-i8it the U. S. School of Music where he was shown the fully illustrated lessons for violin beginners. ".\h!" exclaimed Musin, himself a marvelous artist. "You have taught me something. I take the bow and the violin and show the pupil how to hold them and tell him to do the same. He has to go home and carry that in his mind until he comes for another lesson. But you give them a picture of the correct positions, and they have it before them all the time!" One of the reasons for the quick results is that learning is such fun. Instead of waiting a year before plaWng tunes — you learn by pla>'ing tunes. You play simple, familiar melodies bv note right from the start. Ko tiresome scales. No laborious exercises. You learn at home in your spare time and without a teacher. You study when you please — and as much or as little as you please. You learn twice as fast — three times as fast as those who study by old-time plodding methods. Get This Book Free A 64-page illustrated book "\fusic Lessons in Your Chen Home" will be gladly sent you on request. You will find it one of the most interesting books you ever read. The book explains how the short-cut "Print and Picture" method works —why it gets such quick results. It contains a set of test questions which show you whether or not you have musical ability. It explains several wa>'3 in which the course enables you to make monej* even while taking (Ae course. It tells how our courses qualify you to teach music — how to get a teacher's certi6cate. The booklet also contains dozens of letters from students telling what they think of the U. S. School of Music courses, and what these courses have done for them. Here are a few quotations from these lett€r8: "I woold aoi taka (1,000 foe tfae kaowladco I ban tainod from your lonooa." "Mr procroi on Um TieUa haa baaa muck faatar thaa 1 bad hoped for." "I took piano Icaaooa from rou aad am taachinc moaie aow." "S&neo *"!■!>« *T tlia eoorae. 1 bara beoo toachinx. plar ioc ia dtnrelMa aad a( lecitala. aad am roccirinc a fins •alarr." Free Demonstration Lesson Just read the list of instrumeats in the panel. Deride which one you want to play. Then gign and send the convenient coupon. 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