Download or read book Catechism of Musical Instruments written by Hugo Riemann and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catechism of Musical Instruments: Guide to Instrumentation The compilation of the Musical Catechisms has been carried out on the same plan as the author adopted in his Musical Lexicon; viz to present cons cisely, in a manner readily intelligible, and especially synoptical, everything relating to musical knowledge which it is chiefly important to know, and thus in place of the widely=circulaited little works, out wardly of similar aspect, but as to their actual con tents, occupying much too low a level, to create small pocket manuals, from which, in every moment of doubt, speedy enlightenment is to be obtained. N0! Zo/zal every musz'ez'mz knows, 6212' m/zaz' every musician meg/z! To know, 5/202d 6e fozmd a Mtsz'ea/ Calee/zz'sm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.