“A further giant step forward took place in 1801, when William Little and William Smith brought out The Easy Instructor .... a differently shaped note head was used to represent each of the four syllables then used in solmization....The distinctive shapes for each syllable enabled anyone, even an illiterate, to name the syllables just about instantaneously.”

Irving Lowens: Introduction: Kentucky Harmony (facsimile), Augsburg Publishing House, Minneapolis, 1976

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Easy Instructor, Lowens Aa 1802 Pitt
Easy Instructor, Lowens Ab 1802
Easy Instructor, Lowens B 1805
Easy Instructor, Lowens C 1806
Easy Instructor, Lowens Da 1807
Easy Instructor, Lowens Db 1807
Easy Instructor, Lowens E 1808, c.1
Easy Instructor, Lowens E 1808, c.1
Easy Instructor, Lowens E 1808, c.2
Easy Instructor, Lowens F 1808
Easy Instructor, Lowens F 1808
Easy Instructor, Lowens G 1809
Easy Instructor, Lowens H 1809
Easy Instructor, Lowens I 1810 KC
Easy Instructor, Lowens J 1811
Easy Instructor, Lowens K 1812
Easy Instructor, Lowens L 1813
Easy Instructor, Lowens Ma 1814
Easy Instructor, Lowens Mabc 1814-1815 HSM
Easy Instructor, Lowens Mb 1814 KC
Easy Instructor, Lowens N 1815
Easy Instructor, Lowens Oa, 1816
Easy Instructor, Lowens P 1817
Easy Instructor, Lowens Q 1817
Easy Instructor, Lowens R 1817
Easy Instructor, Lowens S 1818
Easy Instructor, Lowens T 1819
Easy Instructor. Lowens BB, 1831
Easy Instructor, Pt II. Smith 1803
Easy Instructor Part II 2ed. 1806

Above is a direct link first edition copy of The Easy Instructor, 1802. This book is held by Pitts Theological Library at Emory University in Atlanta Georgia. The book was scanned abd made available in April, 2025 with the assistance of Brandon Wason, Head of Special Collections. We can’t thank Brandon enough for his consideration and good will.