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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... passes on to be modified or articulated into definite forms by the various por- tions of the mouth , and by the action of the tongue . -- - A person of perfect organization and in perfect health , -in ... pass successfully to 18 ORTHOPHONY .
... passes on to be modified or articulated into definite forms by the various por- tions of the mouth , and by the action of the tongue . -- - A person of perfect organization and in perfect health , -in ... pass successfully to 18 ORTHOPHONY .
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... pass successfully to the com- paratively forcible and exact mode of using the organs , which distin- guishes public reading and speaking from private communication . The latter occupies but little space , and needs but a slight effort ...
... pass successfully to the com- paratively forcible and exact mode of using the organs , which distin- guishes public reading and speaking from private communication . The latter occupies but little space , and needs but a slight effort ...
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... pâss , ” the customary fault of New England . --- Add Band Mass Last Slant Dance had hand pass mast chant lance mad land grass past grant glance 4. E , as in E - ve . There is seldom any error made in the enunciation of such words as ...
... pâss , ” the customary fault of New England . --- Add Band Mass Last Slant Dance had hand pass mast chant lance mad land grass past grant glance 4. E , as in E - ve . There is seldom any error made in the enunciation of such words as ...
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... pass'd , bless'd , gloss'd , miss'd . Makes , quakes , likes , looks , streaks , rocks , crooks . Act , fact , respect , reject ; wak'd , lik'd , look'd , rock'd . Waft , oft , left , sift , quaff'd , scoff'd , laugh'd . Apt , wept ...
... pass'd , bless'd , gloss'd , miss'd . Makes , quakes , likes , looks , streaks , rocks , crooks . Act , fact , respect , reject ; wak'd , lik'd , look'd , rock'd . Waft , oft , left , sift , quaff'd , scoff'd , laugh'd . Apt , wept ...
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... passing but little beyond the limits of merely " pure tone , " it still obviously extends beyond that form of voice , and assumes a somewhat different charac- ter . " Pure tone , " in its " effusive " form , is executed princi- pally by ...
... passing but little beyond the limits of merely " pure tone , " it still obviously extends beyond that form of voice , and assumes a somewhat different charac- ter . " Pure tone , " in its " effusive " form , is executed princi- pally by ...
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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