Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906. Excerpt: ... REMINDERS ANALYSE all sentences in order to distinguish the relative importance of essential as compared with expletive words. The former demand emphasis or inflection. Their meaning cannot be conveyed without employment of the precise technique indicative of their sense. One word may convey many meanings. Seek to grasp the author's version of it. Expletive words require no emphasis. They are treated parenthetically. The voice, whether chest or falsetto, is purified by sustaining it at precisely the same strength (whether in loud or soft passages) on the vowel sounds. To thus sustain, equal flow of breath and muscular tension of the chest and muscles of the throat must be preserved. The longer tone is held, the swifter should be the flow of breath to compensate for that waste of power which comes from gradually diminishing wind in the lungs. To acquire a buoyant voice it is necessary to quicken the flow of breath. A speaker cannot sustain his tones in such a way as to suggest buoyancy without frequently employing what is known in music as a crescendo. If the tone falter by uneven pressure of the breath, it gives the impression of an unresourceful organ. Supported by slightly increasing wind-flow the voice appears to be endowed with fulness and pliability, which suggest easy, spontaneous delivery and unlimited vocal resource. This I term buoyancy. It illustrates the distinction between facile expression and crude vocal movement. Tones unsupported by this method are liable to "sag" or droop, and the utterance becomes tame and dispiriting. Accelerated breath does not necessarily involve rapid utterance. It does, however, enhance the purity and vitality of tone quality. Avoid the habit of "swallowing" the end of a word or sentence. This often occurs when the ...
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