Southern Harmony

Southern Harmony’s 1835 preface explains that its musical basics are taught as a conversation between a pupil and a teacher.

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The words

Crotchet
Half the duration of a minim.
Dialogue
The question-and-answer form of its lessons.
Dossey's Choice
The hymn collection named on the title page.
E W Miller
The publisher named on the title page.
Keynote
The principal note to which the lesson relates the other sounds.
Lippincott
The bookseller named there.
Mercer
The surname in the title Mercer’s Cluster, named among the collections served by Southern Harmony’s metres.
Minim
Half the duration of a semibreve.
Pupil
The learner who asks the printed questions.
Quaver
Half the duration of a crotchet.
Round Notes
The notation discussed beside the shape notes.
Sansom Street
The publisher’s Philadelphia address.
Semibreve
The whole-note value in the duration lesson.
Square
The shape used for the law note.
Teacher
The voice that answers the learner.