“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 4 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 Easy Instructor, Lowens E 1808 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
