The Boy's Voice a Book of Practical Information on the Training of Boys' Voices for Church Choirs, (Paperback)

Excerpt: ...altered their rough voices. Another help was this: I had a girl with a particularly good voice, and made the boys imitate her as much as possible. This I found answered remarkably well. The boys seemed to adopt quite a different tone." Miss Demack teaches singing in the school and choir by ear only, and knows nothing of the Tonic Sol-fa system. I next give a short paper kindly sent me by Mr. George Parbery, choirmaster of the parish church, and master of the National School at Fordingbridge, Hants: