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 Introduced by Mr. James E. Murdoch. Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist." |
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... true , read well , just as we may sing well , " by ear , " or the teaching of nature , merely . But cultivation gives us , in both these uses of the voice , the immense advantages of knowledge , science , and skill . Furnished with ...
... true , read well , just as we may sing well , " by ear , " or the teaching of nature , merely . But cultivation gives us , in both these uses of the voice , the immense advantages of knowledge , science , and skill . Furnished with ...
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... true of pronunciation , a thing subject to the law of prevailing good custom , merely , and liable , therefore , to various interpretations in detail , - is still more emphatically appli- cable to distinct enunciation , the unfailing ...
... true of pronunciation , a thing subject to the law of prevailing good custom , merely , and liable , therefore , to various interpretations in detail , - is still more emphatically appli- cable to distinct enunciation , the unfailing ...
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... true sound of a letter . Without strict attention to details , there can , in this particular , be no security for accurate execution . The very common error , for example , of reading or singing the word faith as if it were written ...
... true sound of a letter . Without strict attention to details , there can , in this particular , be no security for accurate execution . The very common error , for example , of reading or singing the word faith as if it were written ...
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... true character of this and the preceding element , is , as was mentioned before , a point of great moment in enunciation , and decides its style , as regards taste and culture . The designation of " soft , " or smooth , " r , sometimes ...
... true character of this and the preceding element , is , as was mentioned before , a point of great moment in enunciation , and decides its style , as regards taste and culture . The designation of " soft , " or smooth , " r , sometimes ...
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... true ; o , in wolf ; u , in pull ; ui , in fruit , & c . in move ; u , The diphthongal sound oi , as in oil , is heard , always , in oy . The sound of u , in use , occurs also in the form of iew in view ; eau , in beauty . The diphthong ...
... true ; o , in wolf ; u , in pull ; ui , in fruit , & c . in move ; u , The diphthongal sound oi , as in oil , is heard , always , in oy . The sound of u , in use , occurs also in the form of iew in view ; eau , in beauty . The diphthong ...
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50 cents accent appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diatonic diphthong distinct downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch Median stress melody metre Middle pitch mode Moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural notes o'er orotund quality orthophony pauses pharynx phrases practice Price prolonged prosodial pure tone purity of tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic syllables termed thee thou tion tonic trachea unimpassioned utterance vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice volume wave whispering words