Picture-Play Magazine (Sep 1928 - Feb 1929)

Advertising Section 103 What could be easier ! Play any instrument in a few short months . . . . learn this delightfully simple way LEARNING music is no longer a difficult task. If you can read the alphabet, you can now quickly learn to play your favorite instrument ! A delightful new method has made it positively easy to read and play music within just a few months. And the cost is only a fraction of what people used to spend on the old, slow methods ! You don't need a private teacher. You study entirely at home, in the privacy of your own room, with no one to interrupt or embarrass you. And, strange as it may seem, you'll enjoy every minute of it — because the new method is agreeable as well as rapid! No Tricks or Stunts — You Learn from "Regular" Music You don't have to know the first thing about music in order to begin. You learn to play from actual notes, just like the 'best musicians do. And almost before you realize your progress, you begin playing real tunes and melodies instead of just scales. There are no trick "numbers," no "memory stunts." When you finish the U. S. School of Music course, you can pick up any piece of regular printed music and play it ! You'll be able to read music, popular and classic, and play it from the notes. You'll acquire a life long ability to please your friends, amuse yourself, and, if you like, make money. (Musicians are highly paid for their pleasant work.) Whether you like the piano, violin, 'cello, organ, saxophone, or any other instrument, you can now learn to play it in an amazingly short time. By means of this wonderful newly perfected method reading and playing music is made almost as simple as reading aloud from a book. You simply can't go wrong. First you are told how a thing is done, then a picture shows you how. then you do it yourself and hear it. No private teacher could make it any clearer. The lessons come to you by mail at regular intervals. They consist of complete printed instructions, diagrams, all the music you need, and music paper for writing out test exercises. And if anything comes up, which is not entirely plain you can write to your instructor and get a full, prompt, personal reply ! The Surest Way to Be Popular and Have a Good Time Here's Proof! "I am making splendid progress and can play almost any piece of music I pick up. My friends used to laugh when I first took up music with you, but now when I play pieces of Grand Opera and selections from Verdi, Mozart. Bach, etc., it is I who laugh. I owe all I have learned to the XT. S. short-cut method." J. W. R., Telstad, Mont. "I have found the lessons very interesting and exceedingly easy. They could not he made any clearer in the English language. I will always give the TJ. S. School of Music my best approval." A. F. B., Clinton, N. C. "I do not understand how you can give so much for the money. The course is a musical education in itself. I wish more people in limited financial circumstances would realize that one can really successfully learn to play from your course, without the aid of a teacher." W. E. W., Montesano, Wash. Do you sit "on the sidelines" at a party? Are you out of it because you can't play? Many, many people are ! It's the musician who claims attention. If you play, you are always in demand. Many invitations come to you. Amateur orchestras offer you wonderful afternoons and evenings. And you meet the kind of people you have always wanted to know. So don't miss this exceptional opportunity. Free Book and Demonstration Lesson The whole interesting story about the XJ. S. School course cannot be told on this page. So a booklet has been printed — "Music Lessons in Your Own Home." You can have a copy absolutely free by mailing the coupon below. With it will be sent a free demonstration lesson which shows better than words how delightfully quick and easy this wonderful Method is. If you are really anxious to become a good player on your favorite instrument, mail the coupon now — today. Instruments supplied when needed cash or credit. U. S. School of Music. 5311 Brunswick Bldg., New York City. (Please write plainly.) Choose Your Course Piano Organ Ukulele Cornet Piccolo Trombone Guitar Violin Clarinet Flute Saxophone Harp Mandolin 'Cello Hawaiian Steel Guitar Sight Singing Piano Accordion Voice and Speech Culture Drums and Traps Automatic Finger Control Banjo (Plectrum, 5-String or Tenor) * * * Also for advanced pianists a special course including 24 famous classics — a distinctive addition to any pianist's repertoire. U. S. SCHOOL OF MUSIC 5311 Brunswick Bldg.. New York City Please send me your free book, "Music Lessons in Your Own Home/' with introduction hy Dr. Frank Crane, Free Demonstration Lesson and particulars of your easy payment plan. I am interested in the following course: .Have you Instrument? Name Address City State