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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... upward movement of the tongue , to close it with propriety ; and hence its vanish , " approaches to the sound of e . 66 The i of ice , in like manner , will , on attentive analysis , be found to consist of two simple elements : - 1st ...
... upward movement of the tongue , to close it with propriety ; and hence its vanish , " approaches to the sound of e . 66 The i of ice , in like manner , will , on attentive analysis , be found to consist of two simple elements : - 1st ...
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... upward , or restores them when , through inadvertency , they have been lost . But to preserve , or recover them , much training and much preparatory discipline become necessary . Exercises , such as form the preliminary steps in the ...
... upward , or restores them when , through inadvertency , they have been lost . But to preserve , or recover them , much training and much preparatory discipline become necessary . Exercises , such as form the preliminary steps in the ...
Page 108
... the pitch exactly true , in such examples as the following . The least deviation of voice , downward or upward on the scale , interferes with the appropriate utterance of sentiment ; making the expression either 108 ORTHOPHONY .
... the pitch exactly true , in such examples as the following . The least deviation of voice , downward or upward on the scale , interferes with the appropriate utterance of sentiment ; making the expression either 108 ORTHOPHONY .
Page 118
... upward , as it ascends from the usual pitch of " serious " or of " animated expression , " we observe it obviously rise , when it passes from the " animated , " or lively , to the " gay or brisk style , which implies a positive ...
... upward , as it ascends from the usual pitch of " serious " or of " animated expression , " we observe it obviously rise , when it passes from the " animated , " or lively , to the " gay or brisk style , which implies a positive ...
Page 127
... upward and down- ward , so as to shorten or lengthen the strings , and thus cause the sounds to glide up or down the scale , in one continuous stream of mewing " sound . A parallel illustration may be drawn from the natural use of the ...
... upward and down- ward , so as to shorten or lengthen the strings , and thus cause the sounds to glide up or down the scale , in one continuous stream of mewing " sound . A parallel illustration may be drawn from the natural use of the ...
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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