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This book contains a variety of exercises for transposition. The musical exercises (examples) are taken from the standard repertoire. Contents: *Transposition of melody only *Familiar tunes (hymns & folk songs) *With no change of line or space *With change of line or space *Unknown tunes *Music for orchestral transposing instruments *Exercises including the incorporation of a solo part into the accompaniment *Transposition of two parts *Transposition of passages in three part harmony *Transposition of passages in four part harmony *Some general hints *Practicing transposition *Before playing, in examination conditions during the playing of the text *Exercises *In hymn tune form *Suitable for pianoforte *Transposition of accompaniments *Introduction to orchestral score reading *Exercises on orchestral extracts