Picture Play Magazine (1934)

I'D GIVE ANYTHING)/ |T'C cACY TO BE ABLE TO i ■ ■ * CMO ■ PLAY LIKE YOU ) [ 0NLY TAKES A FEW SHORT MONTHS You'll have BARRELS OF FUN when t/ou learn to play this easy as ABC way SUPPOSE you suddenly found you could play easily on your favorite musical instrument ! Think of the fun you would have — how much in demand you would be for every social gathering ! Do you know that now you can do this in a surprisingly short time? People used to think that to play a musical instrument well meant years of grinding study, hours upon hours of dull, tiresome practice. It was even thought that only by starting as a child, could one ever become an accomplished musician. Thousands of people now know that this old-fashioned idea is absolutely wrong. All over tlic country, in cities, towns, and on farms, men and women who never played music until a few months ago, arc getting delightful thrills of enjoyment from playing their favorite instrument with a new easj talent they never realized they had. No longer need the reading of music be like a foreign language to those who don't know it! By this simple new Shortcut method yen can actually begin to play any popular instrument without knowing one note from another! Only one school in the world has the exclusive right to teach this amazing new method. It was invented by the U. S. Seh,, id of Music and is the exclusive property of this famous institute that has taught so many thousands of now expert musicians. Many schools would guard such a valuable discovery from becoming public, anil charge enormous fees lor teaching it. But the U. S. School of Music PICK YOUR INSTRUMENT Piano Organ Ukul.le Cornet Trombone Piccolo Guitar Hawiian Steel Guitar Sight Singing Piano Accordion Italian and German Accordion Voice and Speech Culture Harmony and Composition Drums and Traps Automatic Finger Control B-njo (Plectrum. 5 String or Tenor) Juniors' Piano Course makes this system available to everybody at a cost so low that no one need he deprived of its benefits. Start Playing Real Tunes, at once! From the very first lesson you begin to play real tunes by note, instead of struggling with tiresome scales and uninteresting finger exercises. Instead of just monotonous noises, you hear yourself actually playing songs you know ami love! If you make a mistake you know how to correct ii yourself. Almost before you know It, you can play hundreds of selections, as easily as you now whistle or sing them! Think what' a pleasure this can he to you — and what enjoyment it gives to others ! No wonder people who play are so popular, SO much in demand. They can always he entertaining, because there is some ty] f music to please any group of peopll whoever they an or to suit any occasion. What IS This "Miracle" ? The secret of the 1'. S. School of Music system is the simplicity :>f tin instructions They tire in clear, non technical terms that any bright child could understand. The lessons come to you by mail. They con sist of complete, printed instructions, simple diagrammatic pic tures. and till the music you need. There's no grinding routine You study when you feel like it — in the comfort of your home. Tie instructions make it (dear exactly why and how you il i each step in each lesson. It is like an interesting ga and in an almost unbelievably shorl time you find that already you Violin Clarinet Flute Saxophone Harp Mandolin •Cello are playing! Jazz, musical comedj hits, movie theme songs, even classics you have mastered them all! And a new lite o before you. FREE PROOF! It's up to you. If you really want to play — if social popularity and increased income appeal to you -send the coupon below right now. With no obligation to you whatever, a FREE Demonstration Lesson will be Miit to ion. along with an illustrated hook Which completely describes the now famous "print-and picture" method of musiclearning discovered by the I'. S. School of Music. Mail the coupon today. Mention strument you want to learn to play. Then judge for yourself when you receive I he free lesson and descriptive material. 1". S. School of Music, 531 Brunswick Bldg., New York City. U. S. SCHOOL OF MUSIC 531 Brunswick Building, New York City I'],' isf send me "E i Can Master v STour 0 [ l)i Frai ' . Frci I >ei son ami particulars of your easy payment plan. I am Interested ia t!:t I i Inst Name I City. . .