Orthopony; Or the Cultivation of the Voice, in Elocution: A Manual of Elementary Exercises Adapted to Dr. Rush's "Philosophy of the Human Voice,"W.D. Ticknor & Company, 1849 |
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Page 14
... downward ; the head perfectly vertical . 2. Exercises in Deep Breathing . Having thus complied with the preliminary conditions of a free and unembarrassed action of the organs , draw in and give out the breath very fully , and very ...
... downward ; the head perfectly vertical . 2. Exercises in Deep Breathing . Having thus complied with the preliminary conditions of a free and unembarrassed action of the organs , draw in and give out the breath very fully , and very ...
Page 51
... were , a sounding - board to reflect the voice downward , and secure , at the same time , the resonance of the chest , blended with that of the head . - False utterance , or impure tone , arises , in FAULT OF " ORAL TONE . " 51.
... were , a sounding - board to reflect the voice downward , and secure , at the same time , the resonance of the chest , blended with that of the head . - False utterance , or impure tone , arises , in FAULT OF " ORAL TONE . " 51.
Page 108
... to keep the pitch exactly true , in such examples as the following . The least deviation of voice , downward or upward on the scale , interferes with the appropriate utterance of sentiment ; making the expression either 108 ORTHOPHONY .
... to keep the pitch exactly true , in such examples as the following . The least deviation of voice , downward or upward on the scale , interferes with the appropriate utterance of sentiment ; making the expression either 108 ORTHOPHONY .
Page 127
... downward on the scale , as the case may be . The rise of voice within each syllable may therefore be called its " concrete pitch ; " and the place that each syllable takes above or below another , the " radical pitch . 99 The " melody ...
... downward on the scale , as the case may be . The rise of voice within each syllable may therefore be called its " concrete pitch ; " and the place that each syllable takes above or below another , the " radical pitch . 99 The " melody ...
Page 131
... downward slide , " or falling inflection . " 16 The extent of the " slide " depends , usually , on the intensity of a prompting emotion , as in the case of surprise , mentioned before . Let the student who has not yet trained his ear to ...
... downward slide , " or falling inflection . " 16 The extent of the " slide " depends , usually , on the intensity of a prompting emotion , as in the case of surprise , mentioned before . Let the student who has not yet trained his ear to ...
Common terms and phrases
accent action animated appropriate articulation Aspirated pectoral quality aspirated quality BOOK OF PSALMS breath cadence character chest CORIOLANUS deep degree designation diphthong distinct ditone downward slide earth effect Effusive orotund element elocution emotion emphasis enunciation error exemplified exercises explosive expression Expulsive orotund fault feeling force forcible gentle glottis grave guttural habit heart heaven High pitch horror human voice Impassioned impressive language larynx light Lord Low pitch marked Median stress melody Metre Middle pitch Moderate monotone mouth movement muscles musical scale natural notes o'er octave orotund quality orthophony passages passion pauses peculiar pharynx phrases practice prolonged prosodial pure tone quantity radical stress reading render rhythm scale semitone sentence shout sion soft solemn soul speaking speech student style Subdued subtonic syllables termed thee thou tion tongue tonic trachea unimpassioned vanishing stress verse vivid vocal organs vocal sound voice wave whispering words
Popular passages
Page 258 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet 1 — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains...
Page 198 - Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace ; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed ; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham ; who is the father of us all...
Page 266 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy you teach me I will execute ; and it shall go hard but I will better the instruction.
Page 116 - ... well, Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
Page 125 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 251 - Sisters and their chaste-eyed Queen, Satyrs and Sylvan boys, were seen Peeping from forth their alleys green. Brown Exercise rejoiced to hear, And Sport leaped up, and seized his beechen spear.
Page 293 - But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol, Whose sweet, entrancing voice he loved the best. They would have thought who heard the strain, They saw in Tempe's...
Page 287 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — "The foe! They come! they come!" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Page 269 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 87 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.