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... tone to all in proportion to their natural capacities . The student has not obtained that use of his voice which it is the object of the table to teach him , until every sound it contains can be uttered with the suddenness of the report ...
... tone to all in proportion to their natural capacities . The student has not obtained that use of his voice which it is the object of the table to teach him , until every sound it contains can be uttered with the suddenness of the report ...
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... tone , because one instrument differs from another in its peculiar power of modifying sound , owing to its physical properties as an instrument . The ancients employed a great number of terms to describe the quality of the voice . Its ...
... tone , because one instrument differs from another in its peculiar power of modifying sound , owing to its physical properties as an instrument . The ancients employed a great number of terms to describe the quality of the voice . Its ...
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... Tone and Semitone . Tone means a certain distance ( mathematically determined ) between the sounds ; -Semitone means about half that distance . Musical instruments in general , such as the piano forte , organ and others , produce only ...
... Tone and Semitone . Tone means a certain distance ( mathematically determined ) between the sounds ; -Semitone means about half that distance . Musical instruments in general , such as the piano forte , organ and others , produce only ...
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... tone , from 2 to 3 a tone , from 3 to 4 ( being about half the distance ) a semitone , from 4 to 5 , from 5 to 6 , and from 6 to 7 are tones , from 7 to 8 a semi- tone . The intervals are named numerically , that is , the interval from ...
... tone , from 2 to 3 a tone , from 3 to 4 ( being about half the distance ) a semitone , from 4 to 5 , from 5 to 6 , and from 6 to 7 are tones , from 7 to 8 a semi- tone . The intervals are named numerically , that is , the interval from ...
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... tone ? 20. What is a semitone ? 21. What are the different intervals of the scale called ? 22. What is the key note ? 23. What is the meaning of the term melody ? 24. What is concrete melody ? 25. What is discrete melody ? 26. What is ...
... tone ? 20. What is a semitone ? 21. What are the different intervals of the scale called ? 22. What is the key note ? 23. What is the meaning of the term melody ? 24. What is concrete melody ? 25. What is discrete melody ? 26. What is ...
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accented articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceive cern concrete consonants degree delivery described discourse discrete downward slide earth effect elementary sounds Elocution Elocutionist emphasis emphatic employed equal wave example exercise expression eyes falling ditone falling slide fifth force forcible fore give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light long quantity Lord loud marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural nerally o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress reading rise and fall rising ditone rising slide semitone sentence short simple melody soul speak speaker speech student sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought tion tone tremor unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ
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