William’s occupation is listed as Composer and Teacher of Music and Organist. The 1871 Census reveals that William is now the head of the family in Kendal and his father is now a retired grocer. Also living in the same household is his sister Alice who is a school mistress and his sister Grace who is a housekeeper. His father, now widowed, is working as a linsey worker which I gather is a shortened form of linsey-woolsey, which is cloth made from both linen and wool. The 1861 Census sees William living in Kendal working as an organist. His father is listed as a grocer and woollen weaver and his sister, Jane is a Music teacher.īy the age of fifteen Smallwood had been appointed as the organist at St George’s Church Kendal and by the age of eighteen he was working as a Music teacher according to one biography that I have read. In the 1851 Census, William is living with his family in Kendal and is working as an organist. He has three sisters, Jane aged 6, Alice aged 5 and Grace aged 2. In the 1841 Census William is living with his family in Kendal and his father is a flour dealer. His father, also William was born in 1802 and his mother Alice, was also born in 1800. William Smallwood was born in 1831 and was baptized on the 19th June 1831 in Kendal, Westmorland. Some of the questions include - what is modulation, what is transposition, for what reason is it called a dominant 7th and so on. Lastly there is a reference section covering chords, musical terms and a FAQ section. And prior to inserting all of major and minor scales written out Smallwood covers the use of ornaments. Then he uses some well-known melodies from composers such as Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Steibelt. There are a few duets before the introduction of cadences in various major and minor keys.
Following this are a number of religious melodies. Up next is a discussion about the diatonic and minor scales. He asks of the player the ability to play similar and contrary motion scales of a number of major keys.
Triplets are presented on page 12.Īfter this Smallwood introduces the use of sharps and flats and begins talking about keys used in music. After this the LH does play in the bass clef and Smallwood introduces triple and compound time signatures very early. Every note is fingered and the hands are played together right from the start. The preparatory exercises are interesting with their use of the LH being played in the treble clef. Then he covers the position of the notes on the piano using the black keys as a basis. He assumes that those using this tutor to be very able mathematically. Straight after the recognition of notes, Smallwood introduces the rhythmic patterns along with their corresponding rests. Smallwood begins by discussing the stave using the language of line and space notes and included in this, are the use of ledger lines.
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