Adventure, February 20, 1922 — page 195: what you’re looking at

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PL e Mt tA Bea Master of Notes ¥ JAZZ and RAGILME Anybody Who Can Remember a Tune Can Learn to Play Jazz, Ragtime and Popular Songs by Ear, Easily, Quickly, at Very Small Cost. New Method Makes Piano Playing Wonderfully Simple. No matter how little you know about music— even if you “have never touched a piano’’—if you can just remember a tune, you can learn to play by ear. I have perfected an entirely new system. It is so simple, so easy and shows you so many little tricks of play- ing that it just comes natural to pick out on the piano any piece that is running through your mind. Even dull pupils grasp the idea readily and follow through the entire course of 20 lessons quickly. Es | No need to devote years to study in order to learn piano nowa- days. I teach you to play by ear in a small fraction of the usual time and at a smaller fraction of the cost. No tiresome scales or arpeggios to learn—no do-re-mi, no nerve-racking practice of monotonous, meaningless exercises. You learn to play what you want to play right off. No special talent is necessary. Every lesson is so easy, so interesting and fascinating that you *“‘can’t keep your hands off the piano.”’ Just devote a part of your spare time to it and you will be playing and entertaining your friends almost before you realize how this wonderful new accomplishment has been acquired. Experienced and talented musicians are amazed at the rapid progress of my pupils and say they cannot understand why this method was not thought of years ago. Yet it has never been used before; is not used by any other teacher or school today. Be the Popular One In Your Crowd One who can sit down any time without notes or music, reel off the latest jazz, ragtime and song hits and entertain the crowd is always the popular one in the crowd, the center of attraction, the life of every party, sought and invited everywhere. Why not be the popular one in your crowd? You can learn to play as easily as hundreds of others I have taught: and you can profit by it—not only through the pleasure it provides, but also by playing at entertainments, dances, movies, etc Now is the time to Begin. Just spend a little of your spare time with my easy, fascinating lessons and just see how quickly you “catch on” and learn to play. You'll be amazed, whether you are a beginner or an advanced student, Write for my book, “The Niagara Method,” describing this wonderful new method of playing by ear. I send it free. Ronald G. Wright, Director, re Ttaey Niagara School of Music, Dept. 420 EREE stnv couron TODAY -. NIAGARA SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Dept. 420. Niagara Falls, N.Y. ' Please send me your Free Booklet describing N s i “The Niagara Method.”’ ECRRB wcrc crv est ances verse eet oeces 606 eee P| Age...... Ever taken piano lessons?...... a See eee ee ee EYE oe en Oe eee . Sey BONO OT nn | 5 onic eo ac0 cid bec GO... sc0amddbetah.ct.co ¢4aededane) ae. ' (C@ inn