Music in four-shape notation.

The introduction contains an account of the annual festival known as "Benton's big singing."

A reproduction of the 1854 edition. Original title: The southern harmony, and musical companion: containing a choice collection of tunes, hymns, psalms, odes, and anthems; selected from the most eminent authors in the United States ... also, an easy introduction to the grounds of music, the rudiments of music, and plain rules for beginners, by William Walker ... New ed., thoroughly rev. and much enl. Philadelphia, E.W. Miller [1854]