The tutor remains popular for its "staid and old-fashioned" but effective approach. Basics to Performance : It takes beginners from the very first notes to around Grade 2–3 Key Features
: It includes the "Rudiments of Music," daily exercises, major and minor scales, and a dictionary of musical terms. Music Selection
in the Lake District, Smallwood came from a musical family—his father was a bandmaster and his sister a music teacher. HymnTime.com The Child Prodigy : By age 15, he was the organist at St. George’s Church in Kendal, a position he held for 50 years. The Teacher
The "story" behind William Smallwood’s Pianoforte Tutor isn't a work of fiction, but rather the real-life success of one of Britain's most popular music methods. Since its first publication in London in , it has never been out of print. Museum of Music History The Real William Smallwood (1831–1897)
, the book is still officially published and sold by retailers like Faber Music
