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Piano and Song

CHAPTER I
10/23

Can you count 3,--1, 2, 3?
BESSIE.

Yes, indeed, and more too.
DOMINIE.

We'll see; now keep counting 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, as evenly and regularly as you can.

(I lead her to count steadily, and strike at the same time a chord in three even quarter-notes.) Now we'll see if you can count evenly by yourself.

(I count 1 of the chord with her, and leave her to count 2 and 3 by herself; or else I count with her at 2, and let her count 1 and 3 alone; but I am careful to strike the chord promptly and with precision.


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