Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and the System of Vocal Culture |
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... effect , which it gives to the action of the vocal organs , whether in the utterance of expressive emotion , or of distinctive meaning addressed to the understanding , by the process of unimpassioned articulation . - The methods of ...
... effect , which it gives to the action of the vocal organs , whether in the utterance of expressive emotion , or of distinctive meaning addressed to the understanding , by the process of unimpassioned articulation . - The methods of ...
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... effect both in the prevention and cure of the diseases to which public speakers are liable , give it a strong claim ... effects of over - exertion ; but , having seasonably turned his attention to the systematic practice of vocal ...
... effect both in the prevention and cure of the diseases to which public speakers are liable , give it a strong claim ... effects of over - exertion ; but , having seasonably turned his attention to the systematic practice of vocal ...
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... effect . But these indispensable conditions to the exercise of the vocal organs , are , in the case of most learners , very imperfectly supplied . A sedentary mode of life , the want of invigorating exercise , close and long con- tinued ...
... effect . But these indispensable conditions to the exercise of the vocal organs , are , in the case of most learners , very imperfectly supplied . A sedentary mode of life , the want of invigorating exercise , close and long con- tinued ...
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... effect it : the former implies large space , and correspondent voluntary exertion of the organs , with the due precision which stamps , at once , every sound distinctly on the ear , and renders unnecessary any repetition of an ...
... effect it : the former implies large space , and correspondent voluntary exertion of the organs , with the due precision which stamps , at once , every sound distinctly on the ear , and renders unnecessary any repetition of an ...
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... effect on the ear , that of a light but definite touch on the piano . ― " In just articulation , the words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated , syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of ...
... effect on the ear , that of a light but definite touch on the piano . ― " In just articulation , the words are not to be hurried over , nor precipitated , syllable over syllable ; nor , as it were , melted together into a mass of ...
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abrupt accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality atonic becomes BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest command Coriolanus deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion enunciation error exact exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light lips Low pitch Median stress melody Middle Pitch Moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural notes o'er orotund quality passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged pronunciation prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading render Rush scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic swell syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words