A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment of Stammering, and Defective Articulation ...E.H. Butler & Company, 1853 - 364 pages |
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Page iv
... melody . In this work , however , not only are the inflections and the melody given , but also those tran- sitions in pitch , called modulation , or a change of key My method of representing the melody and modula tions of the speaking ...
... melody . In this work , however , not only are the inflections and the melody given , but also those tran- sitions in pitch , called modulation , or a change of key My method of representing the melody and modula tions of the speaking ...
Page vii
... Melody 52 Modulation 53 Force .... 59 Time 63 Gesture PART II . GESTURE . Postures of the Body Postures unfavourable to Vocal Delivery . 2880 69 69 70 Postures favourable to Vocal Delivery . Demonstrating on the Black ( 7 )
... Melody 52 Modulation 53 Force .... 59 Time 63 Gesture PART II . GESTURE . Postures of the Body Postures unfavourable to Vocal Delivery . 2880 69 69 70 Postures favourable to Vocal Delivery . Demonstrating on the Black ( 7 )
Page 51
... with the sentiment , weakens the force of the elocution by drawing off the attention of the hearer from the sense to the sound . * See the note at the bottom of page 52 . CHAPTER II . MELODY . ELODY is a series of PITCH . 51.
... with the sentiment , weakens the force of the elocution by drawing off the attention of the hearer from the sense to the sound . * See the note at the bottom of page 52 . CHAPTER II . MELODY . ELODY is a series of PITCH . 51.
Page 52
... melody . Melody is distinguished from harmony by not necessarily includ- ing a combination of parts . The term harmony , as employed in the science of music , signifies a union of melodies , a succession of combined sounds , moving at ...
... melody . Melody is distinguished from harmony by not necessarily includ- ing a combination of parts . The term harmony , as employed in the science of music , signifies a union of melodies , a succession of combined sounds , moving at ...
Page 53
... melody of song is graduated on a scale whose degrees are as definite as those of the scale of Gunter . But the melody of speech is not formed with such ma- thematical exactness it has no scale of determinate degrees . Hence it is ...
... melody of song is graduated on a scale whose degrees are as definite as those of the scale of Gunter . But the melody of speech is not formed with such ma- thematical exactness it has no scale of determinate degrees . Hence it is ...
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action advance ANDREW COMSTOCK articulation body br-R breast Brutus Bvhf Cæsar Caius Verres called Cato circumflex connexion death degree Diag diatonic scale diphthongs discriminating gestures earth elements emphasis melodies emphatic gesture English language Erin go bragh eternal ev'ry exercises expression extended eyes falling inflection falsetto feet fingers force formed grace Gymnastics head heart heaven honour horizontal forwards human voice Hyder Ali inflection language left foot manner Mark Antony marked motion muscles noted o'er opposite imperfection orator Philadelphia pitch position posture PRACTICAL ELOCUTION principal gesture pronounced public speaker pupil Quintilian rest right hand semitone sentiments shf st small letters song soul sound speak speech stammering STANZA stroke subvowel supine syllable thee thou thought tion triphthongs ture utterance variety vef sp vertical vocal Vocal Gymnastics vowel wave word
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