Orthophony: Or, Vocal Culture in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises, Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice," and Designed as an Introduction to Russell's "American Elocutionist."W.D. Ticknor and Company, 1845 - 336 páginas |
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... scale , in the hab- its of utterance , are the chief correctives of the tendency to the fault of the slender " oral ... music , this phrase is not strict or exclusive , in its application : it is used rather in contra- distinction to the ...
... scale , in the hab- its of utterance , are the chief correctives of the tendency to the fault of the slender " oral ... music , this phrase is not strict or exclusive , in its application : it is used rather in contra- distinction to the ...
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... music , in the style of its utter- ance . A high note is required , in order to reach to remote distance , and perfect ... scale indicated , not on the stage , but in historical fact , as when the herald stood on the plain , at such a ...
... music , in the style of its utter- ance . A high note is required , in order to reach to remote distance , and perfect ... scale indicated , not on the stage , but in historical fact , as when the herald stood on the plain , at such a ...
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... musical scale , or in strict unison with the first sound of a series . In this technical sense , the word " melody " applies to speech as well as to music . Regarded in connection with the sense of beauty or of pleasure , however , we ...
... musical scale , or in strict unison with the first sound of a series . In this technical sense , the word " melody " applies to speech as well as to music . Regarded in connection with the sense of beauty or of pleasure , however , we ...
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... musical scale , can be distinctly traced ; and , on this ac- count , the " melody of speech , " or of " reading , " is a phrase as truly significant as that of the " melody of a strain of music . " " PITCH . " The word " melody , " used ...
... musical scale , can be distinctly traced ; and , on this ac- count , the " melody of speech , " or of " reading , " is a phrase as truly significant as that of the " melody of a strain of music . " " PITCH . " The word " melody , " used ...
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... scale , executed by musical instruments not lia- ble to variation . The musician can thus apply , as his rule , a definite scale of vast extent , and of perfect precision in admeasurement . The elocutionist , on the contrary , de- rives his ...
... scale , executed by musical instruments not lia- ble to variation . The musician can thus apply , as his rule , a definite scale of vast extent , and of perfect precision in admeasurement . The elocutionist , on the contrary , de- rives his ...
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accent appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral aspirated quality breath brisk cadence character Coriolanus deep degree diphthong distinct downward slide droll humor earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exemplified exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling following examples force forest fly gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven Heroic Couplet High pitch horror human voice Hyder Ali Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch marked median stress melody ment Metre Middle pitch mode Moderate monotone movement musical scale natural o'er oratorical declamation organs Pathos Pectoral Quality phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone quantity radical stress reader reading rhetorical rhythm scale semitone sentence sentiment solemn soul speaker speaking speech Stanza student style subdued Sublimity subtonic syllables Tarpeian rock termed thee thou tion tonic trachea unimpassioned usually utterance vanishing stress verse vivid vocal sound voice wave whispering words
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