The Technic of the Speaking Voice: Its Development, Training, and Artistic Use, Based Upon Rush's Philosophy of the Human Voice, and the Teaching and Example of James E. Murdoch; and Including a New Presentation of Expressive Speech-melody, Copiously Illustrated by Examples; Many Studies in Interpretation; and a Brief Outline of Gesture |
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Page xi
... less we seem to know about the causation of voice ; the new Delphic oracle , psy- chology , confers authority and impressiveness - and ob- scurity - upon any and every sort of doctrine and opinion : nevertheless , there is not one of ...
... less we seem to know about the causation of voice ; the new Delphic oracle , psy- chology , confers authority and impressiveness - and ob- scurity - upon any and every sort of doctrine and opinion : nevertheless , there is not one of ...
Page xii
... less remote from our everyday , common- place habit of mind . They appeal to the ideal , and , so far as in us lies , we respond to the appeal ; or are willing to con- fess that the irresponsiveness rests in our own ignorance or lack of ...
... less remote from our everyday , common- place habit of mind . They appeal to the ideal , and , so far as in us lies , we respond to the appeal ; or are willing to con- fess that the irresponsiveness rests in our own ignorance or lack of ...
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... less tense and approximated vocal bands , produces whisper and voice . Herein consists one of the daily and momentary miracles that we accept and ap- propriate without thought or acknowledgment . The breath , having accomplished its ...
... less tense and approximated vocal bands , produces whisper and voice . Herein consists one of the daily and momentary miracles that we accept and ap- propriate without thought or acknowledgment . The breath , having accomplished its ...
Page 15
... less than strong , abrupt expulsion , with open throat . Syllabic utterance , when distinctively explosive , is the sud- den and complete release of compressed breath ; the compres- sion having been produced by arrest , or check , of ...
... less than strong , abrupt expulsion , with open throat . Syllabic utterance , when distinctively explosive , is the sud- den and complete release of compressed breath ; the compres- sion having been produced by arrest , or check , of ...
Page 21
... less decided , because of the comparative looseness of the articulative con- tact , and because the glottis , though narrowed , is not closed . Practice the following examples , varying the force and rapidity of the lip and tongue ...
... less decided , because of the comparative looseness of the articulative con- tact , and because the glottis , though narrowed , is not closed . Practice the following examples , varying the force and rapidity of the lip and tongue ...
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