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Page 29
... gradually increase in speed until the notes are rendered staccato . Now sing a ee ( the a to be sounded as in Patte ) , gliding from one sound to the other on the same note . Speak the two sounds in the same way to the note on which ...
... gradually increase in speed until the notes are rendered staccato . Now sing a ee ( the a to be sounded as in Patte ) , gliding from one sound to the other on the same note . Speak the two sounds in the same way to the note on which ...
Page 31
... gradually work to mezzo forte . Inhale between each bar and be careful to obtain good tone on the speaking voice as well as on the singing voice . He told me . She loves you . Please call Kate . Do you see . Paul's green coat . The dark ...
... gradually work to mezzo forte . Inhale between each bar and be careful to obtain good tone on the speaking voice as well as on the singing voice . He told me . She loves you . Please call Kate . Do you see . Paul's green coat . The dark ...
Page 32
... Gradually increase in speed and in volume of voice , but be careful not to strain the vocal organs in any way . Do not let the neck be held stiffly ; this is a very important point . Practise each bar in the same way , to the words ...
... Gradually increase in speed and in volume of voice , but be careful not to strain the vocal organs in any way . Do not let the neck be held stiffly ; this is a very important point . Practise each bar in the same way , to the words ...
Page 34
... gradually allow the voice to decrease in force again as bars three , four , seven , eight , eleven , twelve , fifteen , sixteen , nineteen , twenty , twenty- three and twenty - four are sung and said . EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN THE ...
... gradually allow the voice to decrease in force again as bars three , four , seven , eight , eleven , twelve , fifteen , sixteen , nineteen , twenty , twenty- three and twenty - four are sung and said . EXERCISES TO STRENGTHEN THE ...
Page 35
... gradually allow the voice to increase in force . 00 - ee . 00- ee . 00- ee . 00- ee . 00- ee 00 - ee . 00 - ее . 00- ee . ah - 00 - ee . ah -00 - ee . ahoo - ee . ahoo - ee . ah - -00 - ee . ah - oo - ee . ah - oo - ee . ah - oo - ee ...
... gradually allow the voice to increase in force . 00 - ee . 00- ee . 00- ee . 00- ee . 00- ee 00 - ee . 00 - ее . 00- ee . ah - 00 - ee . ah -00 - ee . ahoo - ee . ahoo - ee . ah - -00 - ee . ah - oo - ee . ah - oo - ee . ah - oo - ee ...
Common terms and phrases
A. J. Ellis accent falls Amphibrach arms Aytoun Breath Consonant Brutus cartilages Cassius cavity chest circumflex circumflex inflection clause commencement diphthong diphthong sounds Echoing Green Emil Behnke Emphasis end of line English Epiglottis EXAMPLES Execution of Montrose Exhale eyes Falling inflection fingers gentle gesture given glottis hath heart heaven Henry higher key inflection at end Julius Cæsar King larynx Lennox Browne Lewis Carroll lips lord low key lower key Merchant of Venice middle modulation mouth muscles night nose notes octave lower open vowel-sounds pharynx piano Plumptre poem poetical foot poetry Practise quickly recitation Repeat exercise Rhyme Richard Richard II Rising inflection Rome Rule Sandalphon sentences Shakspere shut vowel-sounds sing the words Slight break soft palate softly speak student sung Swan Sonnenschein Tetrameter thee thou tone treble clef Trimeter verse VIII vocal ligaments Voiced Consonant voiced consonant sound vowel written in Iambic
Popular passages
Page 29 - God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live.
Page 63 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament — Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read — And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds And dip their napkins...
Page 37 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log, at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see: And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 4 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn : He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day, But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away ! I remember, I remember...
Page 53 - This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring . Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That I with stern delights should e'er have been so moved. It is the hush of night...
Page 12 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 41 - The lights burn blue. It is now dead midnight. Cold fearful drops stand on my trembling flesh. What! do I fear myself? there's none else by Richard loves Richard; that is, I am I.
Page 62 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause : What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him ? 0 judgment ! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason.
Page 54 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.