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... breath and direct it quite at will . In the proper use of the breathing process , then , is the motivation of the voice . One of the purposes in the following exercises is of course to make you very conscious of the correct breathing ...
... breath and direct it quite at will . In the proper use of the breathing process , then , is the motivation of the voice . One of the purposes in the following exercises is of course to make you very conscious of the correct breathing ...
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... breath . Such groups are called breath groups . Professor Wil- liam Tilly of Columbia University indicates the end of a stress group by a single bar | , and the end of a breath group by a double bar || . He also indicates syllabication ...
... breath . Such groups are called breath groups . Professor Wil- liam Tilly of Columbia University indicates the end of a stress group by a single bar | , and the end of a breath group by a double bar || . He also indicates syllabication ...
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... breath groups , as we called them in the chapter on Diction . You will remember that the unit of speech is not the single word , but the breath group - the words that naturally belong together when we speak . The breath group does not ...
... breath groups , as we called them in the chapter on Diction . You will remember that the unit of speech is not the single word , but the breath group - the words that naturally belong together when we speak . The breath group does not ...
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