Orthophony: Or, The Cultivation of the Voice in ElocutionFields, Osgood, & Company, 1870 - 294 pages |
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... Scale of " Slides , " 220 Examples of " Animated The " Wave , " 221 Movement , " 169 The " Monotone , " 225 Examples of " Brisk The " Semitone , " 231 Movement , " 171 Examples of " Rapid CULTIVATION OF " PURE TONE , " 239 Movement ...
... Scale of " Slides , " 220 Examples of " Animated The " Wave , " 221 Movement , " 169 The " Monotone , " 225 Examples of " Brisk The " Semitone , " 231 Movement , " 171 Examples of " Rapid CULTIVATION OF " PURE TONE , " 239 Movement ...
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... scale , high , low , or intermediate in pitch . The utterance of successive sounds is , farther , slow , rapid , or mode- rate , as regards the rate of movement . These properties , - force , pitch , and rate , or movement , coexist in ...
... scale , high , low , or intermediate in pitch . The utterance of successive sounds is , farther , slow , rapid , or mode- rate , as regards the rate of movement . These properties , - force , pitch , and rate , or movement , coexist in ...
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... scale of public speaking , to say , with a force sufficient to create full and distinct articulation , and intelligible utterance , in a large hall , or any similar apartment . that is The function of whispering , on this scale , it ...
... scale of public speaking , to say , with a force sufficient to create full and distinct articulation , and intelligible utterance , in a large hall , or any similar apartment . that is The function of whispering , on this scale , it ...
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... scale , in the habits of utterance , -are the chief correctives of the tendency to the fault of the slender " oral " tone . The musician , it is true , denominates purity of utterance by the phrase " head - tone . " But , in the usages ...
... scale , in the habits of utterance , -are the chief correctives of the tendency to the fault of the slender " oral " tone . The musician , it is true , denominates purity of utterance by the phrase " head - tone . " But , in the usages ...
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... scale indicated , not on the stage , but in historical fact , as when the herald stood on the plain , at such a distance as to be out of bow - shot , and called out his message , so as to be fully audible and distinctly intelligible to ...
... scale indicated , not on the stage , but in historical fact , as when the herald stood on the plain , at such a distance as to be out of bow - shot , and called out his message , so as to be fully audible and distinctly intelligible to ...
Common terms and phrases
abrupt accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality atonic becomes BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest command Coriolanus deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution Elocutionist emotion enunciation error exact exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light lips Low pitch median stress melody Middle Pitch Moderate mouth movement muscles musical scale nasal natural notes o'er orotund quality passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged pronunciation prosodial pure tone purity of tone radical stress reader or speaker reading render Rush scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic swell syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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