The Sunday School Songbook

Bradbury’s Golden Chain told teachers how to set a song’s tempo with a weight hanging from a string, using its swing like a clock’s pendulum.

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The words

Anniversary
An occasion named in the original reprinting notice.
Children
The performers addressed by the book’s directions.
Chorus
The full group in its performance instructions.
Echo
A repeated musical response named on page 16.
Golden Chain
Bradbury’s compact Sunday-school songbook.
Ivison
The first name in the songbook’s publishing imprint.
Measure
The grouping of beats mentioned in the instructions.
Oriola
His larger companion collection.
Pendulum
The swinging device used as the model.
Permission
The consent that notice required.
Quarter Note
The note value timed by a swing.
Sabbath School
The school named as the intended setting for Bradbury’s Golden Chain.
String
The string used to suspend the weight in Bradbury’s tempo-setting instructions.
Tempo
The speed controlled by the preface’s timing method.
Vibration
The back-and-forth movement used for timing.