Excerpt from Complete Theoretical and Practical Piano Forte School, Vol. 2 of 3: From the First Rudiments of Playing to the Highest and Most Refined State of Cultivation But above all, the Scales must be practised strictly according to rule, and always with the greatest attention. Whoever practises them in a wrong manner, will assuredly ruin his playing altogether. Meantime that by the aid of these Exercises the fingers of the Pupil are practically pre pared for and formed to playing, the Theory of fingering may be developed to him with ad vantage through the medium of the following chapters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.