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accept the good and the bad together.  The greatest trouble with Mr. C. was his lack of ear training. The ear has to be trained to hear Indian singing and to learn to distinguish between notes and vibrations. It is a very difficult task, as I know from my own experience. Miss Densmore who was in to see me a few days since, was speaking of that very thing. She recalled to me a case where she took me to hear a record on the graphophone which she said was "simply horrible in sound." As I listened, I detected a very good song, but the machine was very noisey and the singer had been yelling at the top of his lungs. I told Miss Densmore what I heard, & she looked at me in astonishment. I encouraged her to listen to it over & over again. I listened to it a few times with her, & was able to hum the song or a part of it enough to put her on its track. Later she mastered the song & found it a good one. It takes time & it takes training. White singing and white instruments will no give the help to the ear  one must learn to listen below the voice of the machine, and below the strained loud tones of some singers. Mr. C.