VOICE SPEAKING TRAIN HOW TO THE THE TRAIN TO HOW VOICE SPEAKING BY THE REV. TAIT, THOMAS M.A., B.D. \v FORMERLY ON LECTURER UNIVERSITY HODDER LONDON ; NOW ORMOND ELOCUTION, MINISTER OF ST. AND NEW PAUL'S, COLLEGE, CHRISTCHURCH, STOUGHTON YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE NJ5. PREFACE O excellent many subject a word of of this New and for years the of public this of much kind. the books anatomy as Voice to in the Australia Elocution. and in on training would the fact welcome practical circulation and in University, him to For that Lecturer a Melbourne aspirants many in experience home our for necessary platform, particularly with brought circulation, well-known Zealand subjects relating Many is on manual. is author bearing in already are explanation appearance The works contain 274803 nection con- have very work a of some purposes, physiology; V that men far some, too far vi PREFACE too lists many too some, of words and, generally, detail which defeats view. Some works, elaborate and excellent very of ; their exercises rules elocutionary many markings; and the while in end again, works often " fall " possible effectiveness in bulky too points many of have we are smaller and excess an in ; short various ways. It is the not author's literature the it which a has would reader be ; give,in or while, a at practical " rigorously omit burdensome meet to a at simple the and readable plement sup- demand him for which work a what same to doubted un- brief, comprehensive, once bewildering its to repeatedlymade been and would full endeavour to value under- to subject, but the to by attempting which work the of rather, acknowledging excellence, desire might to the prove average time, it should way, practical vii PREFACE what in guidance of making the successfully Still, not the the of little ambitious more the every another. that taught a by if he is work for little detail is speaker. worked quite books. of means if accomplished wisely encouraged himself, be cannot be can tyro so and one for essential absolutely reader a is subject The is do to instead out All guided. of for most having him by CONTENTS PAQH xill INTRODUCTION I CHAPTER VOICING 1 VOWEL THE .... The of art breath breathing" " the How gain is vowel throat the of moulded in mouth" the How to resonance. MAKING II .31 CONSONANT THE . . the Where lies chiefly trouble difficulties Peculiar " " How practise to for " clear THE SPEAKING and uncertain of and lessness care- tions combina- Consonantal articulation. - III .43 WOBD . Sounds . Laziness " CHAPTER music control to " CHAPTER an How " Constriction production Voice " breath Storing Symbols guide " " Placing The . . the dictionary speech. iz Derivation accent " Poise " and the CONTENTS x CHAPTER IV PAGE CONVEYING .53 SENSE THE . the First and in speaking extempore and written the literature spoken word mind" tion Conversa- against reading Condensation " Vocal " of rate or the over illustration An " Time " then mechanism, vocal . . of aids utterance The " thought to ligibility intel- Phrasing" " Hniphasis. CHAPTER V .69 EMOTION CONVEYING . . How Artistic style self-control of pithy when speaks one " " The " feels emotion Over-done " between Harmony Sheridan delivery remarks he . Fox and " words and Incidents of importance supreme " and soul- Goethe. CHAPTER A STUDYING VI .81 PASSAGE . An illustration from Macaulay. VII CHAPTER ONE* MASTERING 8 .95 TOOLS . . Nature's method superior to . . in ordinary elocutionary in literature" How . conversation rules to " Various study and " Something moods practise. pressed ex- xi CONTENTS CHAPTER VIII PAGE DIAGNOSING 109 PRESCRIBING AND . A few speed typical Trouble cases Excessive vowels" " of Uniformity " with . . Pitch of Want " Peculiar Grip " cadences. CHAPTER PLAYING IX .119 ACCOMPANIMENT THE . Suggestive analogy habits" gesture " nature works " imagination as " a not useful still standing the to do of adjunct Significance Revealing How " of art ward Awk" Gesture of Grace The " . of unexpressed it " Harmony. the How gesture " Mind " voice and INTRODUCTION ^ ^HE I flexible the writer, there express. language will Masters in lines Tennyson's privileged help half had was as the It is of reading modern no the told. of opening wonder aloud that at the of that Such the the accomplishments. head and clear was them recite until to the placed of The the then experience an eyes Ruskin pen. who poet admitting can composition of one any the alone exceptionally yet been not voice art and subtle a limitations hear to not the are and intelligible, remain living its skilled how or the felt always rich how always the all witchery a matter which something could has No own. have voice living the blind. the list verdict art of of xiv INTRODUCTION elocution. good bemoaning of is experience common Audiences who revealer the of make can soul favour the the advent voice with is hailed of perpetually are rarityof it,while the speaker a entirely in a grateful praise. The to comparatively the surprising Valuable the defects as speaking for those who word. interest taken the more culture all,the voice sheer is The to lowest the when of the service of life of the we in Churches is all the consider the present-day education. forms at school, up to university,educationists at have busy asking questions and necessityof expression graduation been cultivation reprehensibly languid vocal of most education. by collegesand surprising the a called practicaltendency From modern of given the of one it is for are spoken is voice speaking attention scant the re-castingthe most practical curriculum to INTRODUCTION suit the here is be reasons chief one must the this of study unnatural. It suspicion is is is brieflywhat neglect. suspicion that a tends make to admitted be one that the foundation. without time, it will same nition recog- this for art must not yet deserves. eminently Probably and ; still strugglingfor the art an There the of life practicaldemands it the xv well be examine to the by reallymeant At charge of artificiality. be laid againstthe methods wrong or When "the tricks reallymean as " naturalness the a the to of ? part " to what of the the he is he is he prefers to term does lay it whatever always of the pleased to to mean teacher, part elocution," what Does one on cannot only against critic says general principlethat naturally charge but itself, art on this againstimperfectstudy learner. " is that contention Our be " he down comes preferred INTRODUCTION XVI to skill which a this In of the sense natural It ambiguous sense which when we that we deserves with what but frequently to our be ought to ruled the Nature the in of untutored court or highest human activityis governed by finds and what of instinct, directs Every the to Not ease herself discoveryof them, a this term. "natural." the used cultivated. do, will be, in the all education this that out sense, and many right. attention, then, acceptation of do evident considering whether confine nobler in the to wrong be must are art We is term it natural it natural, therefore, be must, more it very finds find people prefer the respects, to is inconsequent or kleptomaniac all find lazy,and be training? nothing word, steal, most to of result grammar The reasoning. to bad than natural is the that and we best of department its certain laws ; in justification in teaching men INTRODUCTION xviii " " natural if like, but we the according to not nothing And the study to soft the jaw, personal in Surely, voice-user and no in that his break-down their suffer of public discomfort upon the the his : audience. once our the voice, of our could comfort, own many vocal ism, mechan- discomfort and voice, and speaking be professional How their again their lower us. two needless endure at pleasure of abuse larynx, the of use and these public speakers public work, the mind the of and securing than lungs, the practical ends more than the tongue, listeningto before "reasonable more comfort the Natufe,/ by us breathing,the to comfort audiences put view a also and control palate,the with to of capabilities that muscles be can certainly are of the wonderful nature provided mechanism they in again in inflict audience their from almost a all avoidable ! These xix INTRODUCTION convincing enough experiencesare that Nature's that the laws of course is speaker things, and unnatural doing training prove being transgressed, are untrained to is habitually that nothing wise a short of imperative. Assuming, then, mechanism Nature's intends it should able address to without auditor with his work But he audience strike the ear with perfectease and the ; their in the as a second revealer just this to in such least of thought power of the and a hear accuracy. for his words distinctness, This faults place,to be only lifeless monotony speaking-machine. mere Nature not but yet done use ought at is not to way can notwithstanding may, the used, large a every word every himself in be public speaker personal discomfort, that way is the sufficientlytrained has a that of brings the emotion. voice to of us, voice It reveal INTRODUCTION xx than more the that constitutes the written in faults the mind the mind the the case are this will possess there because upon any them. vanishes, and is glides up so fact talking does and all a the ance utter- to most this friends interests wonderful and of rises pauses, arrestive whenever audience variety and falls, whispers, and expressiveway. public stirs monotony amount voice down, compel few a the even will circumstances variety disappear addresses that The forth, hi the then, that speakers introduced. and reveal. curious a of Unless the emotion, a such region thought to subject In the nothing when attention the revealingquality,simply no monotonous most The muscle. is it is Now, of the with in more between word. spoken is filled with express distinction that hi than themselves chief and stirred heart in words and Why, revealing the ? speaker Several INTRODUCTION reasons be may the or pulpit,or be can of no by moved they on the are in case thought technique of in so-called " result of in the of natural one may heart and not are same way the In have full suit; in are all the either good delivery finds rules of conversation. elocution analysing Nature's every-day speech. eloquence the excessivelyrestrained. animated simply the uses the emotion and vaguely operative or the in follows voice other All mind emotion and the prototype if privateconversation. and its that explanation, there platform play, The idea public speaker thought case one platform Whatever the that doubt models monotony of way monotonous a as demands distinctlyheard. be adduced be ill-defined some the as of traditions situation altered such defective of unfortunate or is to assigned, imitation attempted xxi that plays upon There the " are habit is a voice, xxii INTRODUCTION and those of who its music Nature. the elocution all there. are fairlywide the have induction, in Nature, upon so as which to effect of order Art that to make make work to legitimate every up of material the allowed refine to goes ; good suggestions be intensifyand voice of only possess must not gathering together and to the secrets We to ear will of power hints, tendencies, the attentive an full nevertheless but mystery conversation doubt, reveal the master lend must No always a would music the speech. Of way attempting of easily be main the When avoided of secret simply is there course, this: dictates one is to the of reads utter very do to if a this, but learn we natural from the at it may the once It eloquence. voice the mechanical invariably mind a and the book, the words before is follows heart. tion temptahe has xxiii INTRODUCTION the seized a the friend thoughts the teaching will of art which significance of thoroughly mastered and imagination, first must in succeed his poetry the keep The audience. or prose same close to of must the the truth the first and if mind be not formality Nature. the speaker and sense he is and dignity of the not the conversational time, pupil words of by the so intelligence, deliverance, capturing triviality the at his of intelligent emotion the then the has The captured of sentiment of be he by study. sympathetic that deliver to attempt never and importance elocution with talking first come the Hence words. the in whereas thought, of heart noble degraded style; of art to to but, must IN MULTUM tells BUCHANAN MR. PARVO that certain played once who a part a had girl little us been that naturally so in the audience one some remarked afterwards the to "Ah! that one any acting "My have months natural actor-manager: can nature, was dear fellow," replied hours two a teach to for Quoted child that five child's art." not devoted that see the actor, day for how to "I three appear minutes." by A. C. SUTHERLAND, M.A., in " Dramatic Elocution and Action," p. 9. 1 CHAPTER 7E TT begin by legibility is to speech. Fundamental of sound How to Train by in Speaking Voice. it is to virtue by many of smudges be may partly which difficulty 3 to What is, this The is as audibility ignored deciphering that heard. haste that reader, uttered so hear the for responsible experience as often for accounted be speakers. so we and hand-writing public our speaker, persistently be to seems demand every distinctly and clearly be first upon shall words their that public and reciter, concentrating the upon audience an by study our attention made VOWEL THE VOICING some is also often we of our 4 VOICING THE written badly real seat of correspondence. the trouble of management and crisp concern must therefore of words and vowel ; the of task " the with for first elements the study syllables; more one or whole or more word human is,indeed, proper the a the first voicing of anything of in and but sound. speech, however, a a The reveals seemingly simple a be may article appear this a diphthong, as a uttering sonants con- contain Hence, is the may that or pronoun. mere considerable with indefinite elocution analysisof fact one a the of the be begin vowel a This vowel. poor Our syllable must personal task the mechanism contain every but case first the has sometimes nothing in syllables. syllable may ; the But articulation. must word Every a \Ve speech. is found Nature's correct of VOWEL formance per- performance involving and discipline practice. VOWEL THE VOICING Consider, for example, us say, LUCK. LICK, they all The only vowel for LAKE, LACK, " so of six or is the It is not He with three constitute The the something, address a if and trained A detect more than the notice, perhaps, that the would jaw almost his voicing for that factors of a part, would sustained large audience less. motion- object-lesson an important proper to voice-production have most he them voice lower speaker, on audience an ease. faulty,the the these out hear speaker'seffort would he read will it looks as easy to probably was If so, the so listener,in every fault in the throaty, and on and voice would breathing ; distinguishing element L eight hundred, vowels. words seven are K. distinguish them one LOCK, LEEK, with that observer Let end untrained words LOOK, with begin sound. an words. few a then, Here, 5 vowel. notice the effort half an to hour. 6 VOICING He would THE feel the effort, and, when feel certain a throat. the be advised to the ART comfort fundamental has ; lessons well as the at for as would in the proper first task would him BREATHING. OF if the and learn, attempt to sound things. to his sound the for many as certain It is almost begin hi One is quiver; pupil imagines we mistake of his breath this effectiveness, Let convincing test. good the irritation delivery,he His and little to convince a take an master For very his vowel. THE he to and comfort, of be finished, he would had own effectiveness voicing of be he his itself to speaking hoarseness For well VOWEL vowel of simply take AH, seconds he the another to means accustomed that that him that proceed may by is way is that and sustaining as he will notice tone a will the can. three soon tone THE VOICING in will vary within test ten it also The that his the but instrument. on the to look shall reading in long do after personal he will may leave itself, and comfort can vowel a and ness, clear- not, of speaking or breaths. is only this, his reward he he The the practice on it imperative will in also the take will the it will is he does ; at. acquire the mastery If platform, he false ; on This meanwhile pupil to until voice contrary is the proper enough him in indulge to platform, that unvarying strength that aimed be to conclude the simple interestingfacts end thirty seconds. has This breathing sustain mean course, very his of with for one the safely may comfortably sound, these the and ; exhausted be seconds. reveals points out master will breath twenty or pupil not his only not clearness strength and is that third 7 VOWEL be of time that, breathing never play experience great use of his voice, 8 VOICING while his THE audiences VOWEL will ponding corres- a reap benefit. He has, then, breath and how this, let us second, to as the standing the the leg, Bring down, not are shoulders back remarking remember position; and of his nose. exercises your comfortably the the is this body erect. important. rest one upon being slightly advanced. the and in. the arms sides, thumbs then head; pushing let back, and the freely by Throw chin other the hang of in his stand weight it to Especially for breathing Let his store pupil to all Do and ; as use Position. 1. the beg to before But, things. First, two how control to of tone. production upon learn to Finally, out the bring that see body at in. the you the waist. 2. the The nose, nose. and Always always do inhale this through noiselessly. 10 to VOICING explain the whole it may effective, if as VOWEL subject. however, purposes, quite THE for himself in air may which practical simpler, and be ask we experience For the the pupil three taken be to ways into the lungs. First, abdomen the Inhale waist). the like that, however can be made the muscle, As rest. the Of from the this method and ; help to view-point of is diaphragmatic. elastic most the protrude; of while you lungs being depressed, one's breathing "abdominal," sensations which on feels What that of you It you. diaphragm begins course, your depress below idea abdomen. diaphragm, the abdomen termed to is to do the abdomen. the upon body just with inflating the not really of the (the part expanding are attention concentrate is in and so, sensations, sometimes realityit is THE VOICING Now try attention your the with termed once feel tired, and that his think for a is a how certain raising and ten fifteen or Suppose your hand that the no ; air ; have can remainder. : and you is be may if prove keep you that for is not child's balloon two-thirds of forced That raising shoulders But a doing. are you your about grasp you But, are you minutes. you when method. effort lowering all. times Some- imagine, therefore, is very the been shoulders way what fatiguing the natural fairlyheavy weight ribs rib). a this may veiy has inhale. moment a thing you the method you in bone. breast- pressing out feel raise as breathe you of (from costa, ears the will more, the towards idea this Hence, " Concentrate upon You costal " Yet One the breast-bone. expanding. time this Inhale 11 method. second a VOWEL will in; then give an it in so inflate idea of VOICING 12 the small by this some method. of match, only keeping smoker enough together the it. inflate in involved be must is a a air to involves action of every the an the of from proceed home to disadvantage breathing which decidedly vicious. as sacrifices in space unyielding which a method firmly you bring the lighted a pressure as will and which method brings pressure In this discarded available and resist the discomfort the you All after hands part of the balloon upper to the the ing remain- the guarding to suppose of hands, two your fashion a further, surround now you utilised space two-thirds grasps with third air Still else and VOWEL of amount one balloon THE the bear upon part of ungainly much of lungs, the the It the which rigid most chest, and and fatiguing shoulders. respect the striking contrast to first method the third, forms and a as air much as for maintaining the proceed then will quietly, you of capacity become muscles rapidly that this In first your to twofold the economise of a lesson more it while it bellows in for the as the the breathing in voice. you and will that is the air in the the effort to the function Your second performs will so act. retain to still and at becomes attempts, however, endeavour lungs, and lungs process ; experience a specialdifficulty in your slowly Then, inflate complex one practically this the by agileby exercise, you more able become air more lungs. by diaphragm, surprised be your seconds of the do If you method. second will inhale to first method, the on pressure the inflate to couple a make soon begin by inhaling by can you air the retain order In full extent, their lungs to it. of master you will exercise little reasonable 13 VOWEL THE VOICING therefore be " VOICING 14 How test, when few very to of want and also, vowel. and to if freely, of reading we and and storing breath and take of and Naturally, then, but it able but inhale to have the requires And yet for no latter time leisurelybreaths to rush tender diminish the of tones. our due inhale to speaking, the our strength ; voicing easy be is allowed injure in inability to your We and partly was slowly. process. air exhausted act practice to stop was quickly ; exhale membrane, beauty the and the to vowel- a strength extremely exhale and normal is the then in is It work in preliminary in This method considerable the breath seconds. it quickly varied the the prolong to mainly, economise slowly tried tone steadiness, and BREATH. THE that, in you the sound, VOWEL CONTROL TO remember You a THE our exercises out ; too mucous possible must VOICING proceed from distinct three Inhale 1. exhale Inhale exhale Inhale exhale ; slowly ; quickly ; this carrying out to directions " retain the breath ; retain the breath ; retain the breath ; the pupil practice, the carefully observe is following :" stand 1. Always 2. Always inhale Remember what comfortably erect noiselesslythrough nose. 3. namely, with ability to uniform thirtyseconds vowel when easily tell,by are slowly : slowly. asked a stages, thus difficult in the slowly. 3. the to easy quickly. 2. In the 15 VOWEL THE sustain strength ; you and are aiming at ; vowel-sound a steadiness for and, therefore, always voice you your progressing. exhale. own You will hearing,how thus you Always 4. VOWEL THE VOICING 16 the whenever stop tone begins to quiver. retain Never 5. Retain 6. two the three or the at pressure any and most repeated be far breath four Do be not you in without exercise. exercise you and are then ; and able to no keep to each than in this day will " occasional an wonderful and pass up your sustain no and day inhale hurry. any systematic Let and " at or intervals. week, a minutes, time a acquired his muscle in gradually to five, times effective ever only gain you five at five or wide of time minutes, more gymnast first for at As that long practiceat 8. of means seconds. ten ten by throat. the Remember 7. breath seconds. control, increase seven, the agility will more persevering without some practice until deeply the No tone and quickly, for thirty 18 VOICING trouble and is with with throat. Once you described will not will it passes as now see wise how art the ; for out effort thirty one discipline aiming of tone doing by ; could direction of is a breath therefore turn to prevent while our to in of hold very best have and have been steadiness been purity of secure you breath You strength little to the was instead the incidentallyyou will Indeed, the have. uniform but not make seconds endeavouring escape We at to by err control sound. practise breathing vocally, silence ing, breath- You to the of to tones. power into in other. in the likely be the " the "breathomy" acquired breath throaty " as been "breathomy" as mastered producing the constrict that have you breath, of management voice-productionhas and case VOWEL muscles Wrong one have the the accordingly the THE attention tone, needless any voicing also a vowel. now to VOICING that other voice THE frequent habit, much membrane mucous well which In of no the to as is thus order is detriment of of the the hard the remedy simpler or common very lines the rendered better a injury that to trainer of the wisely adopted by The vowel 00" metallic. defect, I know means than that the well- little reasonableness exercise. in his other many in the teachers. practising three following order: " AH. OH" A in sounds itself, tone and as voice, and, after him, consists exercise tender throat, originallysuggested by Behnke, known in THROAT. THE throat the to mischief :" OF Constrictingthe 19 of source production,viz. CONSTRICTION VOWEL consideration of Suppose production. this some Let will very one us show the simple-looking is very ask him throaty to read 20 VOICING aloud the three he listens 1. I THE VOWEL while following sentences, carefully: " have grand a garden large rather " large. 2. Jones 3. took Lucy will You Don't ! hi in third. AH in the the second, will is One notice the the OO tempted is labial that OH is palatal (formed the If so, throat). quite a the AH mistake. throat formation immediately how first clear nothing a OH in sound conclude by the lips), in the hard in impression is voice-production do to vowel. vowels to the guttural (formed one's In has of (formed is that first, the OO that nounced pro- also that palate),and less entirelyabsent second, and third. is very and prevailshi the guttural first sentence, You sound sound the that the ! morosely so roots. two notice pronounced in the moan We are formed the with shall ; mean- see VOICING while the almost it is As when throat begins and with free let the it sound. AH, ought slide free If and throatiness, it will exercise in the time, much to you with do for another containing in words the your with then AH the way as read the exercise a this graph para- all out these a words on Take whole at follow reading; pick over with directed we Then sound. go throat minutes few occasional ; to practisethis to breathing. AH to then troubled well same and through. be a open any and keep to frequently for throat directed OH, all be without for are to open happen you be to to endeavouring equally the you on exercise the Thus, have Then voice the constrict impossible to that as keeping sounding OO, vowel. every up with specialeffort, you any 21 throatiness. from free tone VOWEL concerned are we THE by the selves; them- paragraph, 22 VOICING keeping trouble other to the at vowel the them in is guttural in FAR, CAR, GANDER, throat, while enough back the to production immediately BAG, it is follows. that in on case the it example, vowel sound LOCK, TALK, in words the like "c. The one case from you tempted the your preceded remote be others are GORGE, other of one when the consonant you DIE;. For that course, in OI occur CATTLE, the form is immediately than for constriction connection, like "c., is, of throaty and give to words ROCK, far and consonant. easier purely you is vowel much reason this watch sound difficultywill awkward the easilytempt AW like TIDE special your on which The words greatest a Be diphthongs El Observe, by upon guttural quality by the in (e.g., fixed throat. throat. ; VOWEL sounds the give of mind your THE to vowel the it form give a that How VOWEL THE illustrative suggested We select the tongue the teeth to lie flat in unconstricted freelyin permitting throat, jaw, in the OH, in AH allow the and touching, vowels rapidly alone. You as will close and Strike three these the with three a mouth the form the alter lipsfor OO, to directed, hear to tongue, or finger fore- Without out. succession. it tuning-fork,hold without jaw; part least,simply shape the and let ; lower the sufficientlyto pass sounds. tive. speciallyinstruc- as throat the Keep been have vowel with these of one IN experiments connection in MOULDED is MOUTH. THE Many 23 VOWEL THE VOICING lips vowels distinctly. Now, preserving preciselythe supply instead of the from sound the from ditions, con- same the larynx, tuning-fork. This VOICING 24 THE clearlydemonstrates by means by the of the of and the mould different for perfectly Let clear keep this the both vowels three The work of the sound The of and the solelyby is tongue this trying the the wave easily ease done ; thus is still further parting easy, passes the You lazy, jaws, will and lips; sound to action of the the doing and the than by increased keep which work the ' natural is lips. if,instead the teeth observe, however, so-called it. lips rigid in now you the of make endeavour you totally a by and lips. supply shaping the aperture through touching. the himself jaws the action pupil jaws position,while tongue. more the position to in the the to the Slightly part the easy vowel viz., by way, supplied shaping of the each formed are mould extremely alone. tongue vowels mainly by and jaw is,however, It that distinctive a mouth, lower VOWEL ' way that of 26 VOICING distance hear to usually do? voice a in by his strain severe work with word, he avoid. the does In given, this the addition mistaken lesson valuable For a a of wonderful example, volume tunnel. with any cavity in need not as every the increase rock take up In a ought to guidance already learn would the weak very in way in has one a monplace com- which themselves, observed increases railway train whistle The the he to resonance. steam-engine'swhistle and Nature. by studying some comparatively acquire a jaw shouter illustrations sounds, his throat, lower things the to too go blunders of very his list of the freedom he pitches upon the permit to does lets his breath possiblycompletes refusing what likely he high key, a VOWEL words, Very freely,puts and THE of that the itself in strength approaches is not pressure. It the work. does reader's how time blown is the We with scientific which the is explanations sound the shape and enough to has Nature cavity if desire we volume that the shape our disposal. moulding attention the vowels of than in time, the same study carefullyfor way of diphthongs he will find moulding in turn. a of the all the variety of in far more speakers. is advised the at mouth of reader In the and cavity the case himself lips; carefullyto requires the cavity voice, it is our of shape a the to very hollowness and singers,the For At attend we of strength of a sound. such secure tones of source that with It cavity. the larynx to the for imperative the the by proximity to supplied us from extending and the greatlyreinforces sound any the of that in way modified are hollowness speciallyshaped the to as waves note 27 VOWEL THE VOICING most to tive effec- vowels and followingwords vowel sounds to 28 VOICING experiment HAWK, in with: HOLE, HOT, HUT, mind HAT, POOL, OIL, has throat, tongue, jaw, with moulding he will these HARM, and learn of means the For chief thing keep the open Bear cavity and achieved strive to in mouth-cavity after tongue making it lie too as when and blocked be much flat the abilityto lips to possible. as viz., by constrictingthe the is the larynx mind, may ations. explan- laboured involuntarily this taught by those from hollow and as, gaining resonance, of purpose in mirror, and a valuable and diagrams reader the mechanism as impressive than, more the about lips,let before lessons Keeping said own vowels GET, HIT, HOWL. been his HEAT, HATE, RISE, what experiment VOWEL THE as throat This one in three ; is yawns. that also as the ways, by allowing liberty,instead possiblein the of lower jaw; and, sufficient refusing finally, by movement 29 VOWEL THE VOICING jaw lower the to give to itself. The throat and already been dwelt conclude who with have touching decided wants all the hear to lid of perform a is always yet readers and their on largelydue well We to without have years, this been day our raise to actor before habit of The vowels. would his face. opening defect the is abilityto get along fairly effort talking in after one speakers will persistin refusingto acquire the mouth if a in another on No has door advantage curtain the almost keyhole going of habit open a an those to teeth piano. concert with An over what is It And time. now we common the with advantage room. the extremely words uttering and ; specificwarning a the upon have troubles tongue day, hi a with ordinary talk. slovenlyway for the result that 30 VOICING attempt any feels not habit in liis a few mind watch his In exaggerate accustomed wears The habit even practice the to off. jaw's it and altered be pupil practise to unnatural. for in will action, the to tion. conversa- well be until feeling up and ordinary a good make must assiduously, it that therefore, can lessons. freedom more and imagined, inveterate so jaw awkward be to the give to extremely is It VOWEL THE he of to gets strange- CONSONANT THE MAKING 34 MAKING believe that ignorance formation and THE the main of some Of here one two or kind of means dealt of the repelling, They rather Pat, of a of of this individuallyby and list of perhaps into ask contain first at the end require a cases by going by uttering a following. happen instruction. reader us the to formation but with not laziness may in the wearying, explanations,let the there lesson personal Instead himself and sheer it does course, consonants, best are regard but consonants, speciallydetailed one difficultyis inabilitywith or carelessness. that CONSONANT detailed him words all beginning to test like the the and sonants, con- then at syllable. bat, fat, vat, thick, this, so, zinc, shut, pleasure, tight, date, chat, jot, cat, gate, met, net, lake, ride, hum, wait, yacht. Tap, tub, tough, hive, tooth, rush, roam, rouge, dot, road, with, ass, size, latch, ledge, like, log, tin, tail, tear, loch, wing, finger. In less than minutes five to difficulty encounter consonants. The thus : will he ordinary fail to do as conversation the That consonants. speaking he fails perfectlyable is not and going and and upper the and firm. into the organs is to action quick. relevant- we off but in will of his many in ordinary what he His have is trouble said, sheer The parts detail, let demands then consonant twofold doing as consonant together the say, accomplish. to read carelessness. Without every to in but, inability, laziness that is of stand reading he and justiceto same to exercise, test a making probably perfectlyable be words these will case serious any the in thus can one has he whether discover 35 CONSONANT THE MAKING must be the parting of of bringing the lower articulation. heard, distinctly be correct, momentary must note us also this decided, pressure be If decided of the and 36 MAKING As a reasonable the reader any rather than words. in difficulty awkward in way language a is the When two ending with second, the the " sentence, as appears snow." wool." : " as much is due sounds in actual that ready the like Three white crimson, times scarlet," " like is easier this make one e.g., as be as snow they ; shall difficulty crimson," to the begins sins your as first Take, two. Though be to of consonant. together, the consonant Similarly,it the to illustration repeated come red how various the the shall be advice together for serve scarlet, they be of this reflects is all too one of articulation words though they speciallyarranged one which him, interests conspicuous case consonant that come A composition. this practiseupon reasonableness if tion crisparticula- in to lists of upon obvious of the of exercise poetry The be CONSONANT is advised or prose will THE say, " " as who MAKING smile," "whose or and sometimes the has sand mother the ! " way, easilygiven and His " I beard " breast as advise articulation a time which minutes "and " as any he of " Till all the " : in a your paragraph interested. slow, then, almost of or to a " hearts his ; aged " practise stanza at composition Five " hearts your descending ! good piece In smother." " lean reader, pit thunderous a descending, swept the is Lions," and clean beer repeat the Glove Make to effect. Make " It ludicrous is His with failure word The that reading. one's was ;" stones of words most mane, " same in line thus the and a The " pupil gave "precious that happens reciting with is again consonant When a and again occur ten;" "first combinations in the on so than than tones" "precious "whose than mile," ten" "firs' smile;" 37 CONSONANT THE or in ten syllabic,reading this exercise, repeated at intervals for MAKING 38 time, some a will " in end the THE deaf If who effort very he the a to the help by to deaf is he read. I would already of readings it if read Second, very fairly quick he is this It would be well also each in the positionof one foreign language a well sufficiently four it to consecutive used paragraph made rate, tion. articula- imagines recommend slowly. make find knows it in would will as Third, read faster. only were words he practice. First, read as to mute, learning to speak which the correct he way. of himself think who a follow required for towards reading lips,he If, therefore, reading reader were could only by watching the the help view. mute, CONSONANT for syllabically that is, " of up the it in monosyllables. same way the Last of and as little a ordinary way, all, read it at a as intelligently possible. We have already remarked upon one of the snares that await the two others before Let us this chapter. note for is with trouble " k the sound. has " not contain it will be himself give himself adaps for goverment " " his task such adapts," words. " will for " cass I quite watch He " with subject list of own t," without the will "close" " to position on trouble. for " k " easy reader out saying " an it i.e.,after the " from its the because interesting,and more him c lists of make and The because " " is it but Not Books effective, if the that t." after acts," " articulate. alter to practice. think word easy, to passing " frequently " the rapidity some " word In tongue extreme as very immediately comes tions combina- itself is difficult,but consonant " looks difficult really a conclude we The word. one example, reader. unwary is consonantal One within 39 CONSONANT THE MAKING for words catch "clothes," for government," " and casts," so on. 40 MAKING THE Another about is the the of thing final his " that listened to bewildered his of He meant ear more a by to like Christian meant The to man say in to the " kick you have variety of One child was " mothers ki '. it reached Another ! once no the " was, mercy." As He "known. tendency common testify " and dear to almost words. "kiss," but say 1 who tender a but him number "The was, awakened health, causes defectivelyuttered a comfort great a intended. the the Imagine clergyman with me the times means never a atrocities his He ! he things it is of at articulation slovenly say " hell and ; omission one disastrous. simply in be The is faults speaker declaring to specially careful consonant of is be to final consonant. commonest fault CONSONANT all to clip down languages. inherent It laziness words to seems of is human 42 MAKING in ordinary the conversation. trouble formed, CONSONANT THE arises and and the that here habit bad should one is It it watch is its at source. No doubt transition time will feel like have is who one will begin been More than that, and encouragement his he but ; the the longer no he As articulation, he how of in so part. a correct wonder guilty will he acting to to be practice if as pedantic. too but when come accustomed grows he soon his first at all so, of stage feel were feel only not may will pupil articulation accurate It the fail not He reward. ever atrocities. former will could will of gain . the of reputation speaker hearing that can even catch being people every such " a defective with word clear he says." WORD THE SPEAKING III CHAPTER SPEAKING LTHOUGH A -*"** have is, Language it it also which used are to languages most vowels and with, is the Now, consonants. like were has of one, the words in Esperanto, and great would only difficulties not which exist in sounds. letters are if English letter every fixed one, symbols these symbols " writing, visible chronicle sound, speaking As of system to of the word. a a reduced a sonants, con- all speaking system a and covered yet begin to Once becomes In not said already vowels properly for sounds. about deal we ground have we good WORD THE one English things are, 46 SPEAKING is English of EE, than key. for as in the eve, quay, ; field, such Compare tough, that the vagaries of his mind educated correctly, one sounds across the sounds ? letters word a do Is the it OH-OH, it any puzzled by German of the finds this is It tolerably lack of he when snare aloud. it is that, in Hence is Even us. read through, Is gender ever-present an to attempts word the Englishman uniformity see, sea, " pronunciation? our is to fewer no as "c. foreigner what substantives the clique, people, words thought, length, wonder words a far so Take It has example. symbols ten seize, be, to is it because acquire, for language being reasonably phonetic. sound the WORD difficult most a foreigner to from THE order be must stand like to for. speak sure He or two AW-AW, what comes What "sonorous." first any vowels or sent repreAW-OH, an I ? OH-AW or One Longfellow's "Old pieces was in occurs seemed varying the with vie to the the of Clock the petitors com- another one pronunciation. They possiblevariation every at "horologe" lines, and the of one word The Stairs." the on is recently judging was elocutionary competition. test in 47 WORD THE SPEAKING gave them. among Here list phonetically: hohrohlawg, hohrohlodge, hohrawlohg, hohrawlawg, hohrawlodge, hawrohlohg, hawrohlawg, hawrohlodge, hawrawlohg, hawrawlawg, Here hawrawlodge are which the begin with: few a with, consult to a whenever keep a list of by of means himself, doth, to purpose, figure, pianist,amateur, accomplish, decorous, fail I test may iron, evil, civil, every, " words reader hohrohlohg, " knowledge. good you the words Never pronouncing are in that doubt, give tionary dicand you 48 SPEAKING trouble. useful in The THE regard speaking PLACING Let If ? and be for we shall the with of words derivation fact fixing the But and which from and their a is in this reader there many of several other words our that he in would laws we may knew tracing still find guide. operate pronunciation of English practicalpurposes be is familiar uncertain somewhat case may are expert origin, he that and will vote if he even were derivation our the Supposing them, to guided by language, derived. are For right. the place we Latin, word the at syllable; of Latin, languages The second that " shall know difficulty next more are to be ignorant all we happen : found be ACCENT once Where "sonorous." accent viz THE look us the to word, a will advice same with WORD in words. take the 50 SPEAKING and if we give can words speaking spoken. Yes, but possible fault the have end. But habit in warned -niss, -ed into -shn, he the " the what them is meant. all of of speech. into -ness final -shin or syllables example, four in syllables the are light, heavy, light. heavy, It bad a light syllables the For stress. was, interest music give to a desirable (-tion)into -id, -shun respectively heavy, Make makes as That a the In is We syllables. against turning elocution " that pupil induces a mars proceeds decided a more and towards way. thus Being one practice. means a this and word in be to syllabic reading sometimes heavy, fail not remains of full, ought noted, articulation, he clear with be stage only shall we there recommended however, vowels they delivery convenient the to as to staccato WORD surely tones, resonant in THE is and a you breach will of see what THE SPEAKING is known as of music the both the light of the and legitimate must poise There of and guard the 51 the tion alterna- " syllables heavy speech. introduction reader of law WORD times are against the when effect staccato effective, in but it. ordinarily is SENSE THE CONVEYING IV CHAPTER CONVEYING ARE words my in the than The vocal under to reach but it the words second this: not is the will of the follow of 55 be so of my muscle. uttered listener, the is of sense conveyed. elocution delivery little thoroughly remotest that adequately question of training word ear demands preliminary being every uniform however, means, judicious the does Is of mechanism control, that audibility amount the more question first seen of this distinctly and the have matter All training. is we considerable a as and elocution, success clearly That heard? of SENSE THE The therefore, words such 56 CONVEYING that the the audience This ? the to is factor Elocution of intelligibility by teaching composition. presupposes words be to to be uttered sense to consider spoken full value The situation a before words. and In art that will they mind of mind of view an to veying con- then words these of the of how are their have audience. addressing the adequate thought. thing Effective impliesaccurate the secure and fundamental THINKING. to intended, that the voice. capable are is that of conveyance The so for with mind, It the proceeds delivery, far in undertake not to appeals which mechanism does appreciate designed are question a the to fail to they intellectual than more SENSE cannot meaning exact carry THE and during delivery intense the conversation is always thinking both utterance we here of one's easily succeed 58 CONVEYING so read to easy THE aloud being tempted wise teacher upon the of of first the his certain he a so much pulpit proves why best reader is Son. that The after point He no read by the sooner one delivering who with and he detail We cannot the the One the the has taken its it fifty or point significance. familiar the often Prodigal missed has the of very read hears reason Scripture in of of a passages one has by the is often of convey. deceived aloud. clergyman in meaning to with parable times, but hundred has this passages, the insist will the uninteresting. is A snare. upon intended reading known selected, the are read to help thinking into always are fully occupied he familiarity attempts we then mind thoughts they Sometimes that mastering and does one elocutionary art reader with fall to his sentences, them a sentences clearly understand, not SENSE words trouble to CONVEYING it study thoroughly, The his in the compels he 59 revelation. a himself is phrase, attention delighted force the feels every the admits of he work; significanceof and than reader accomplished absorbed SENSE little short be rendering to THE and he of his audience. and Readers in the mind and the is able the him. is in other mind his the it In required not moment to audience and mind to keep delivery is pace so with written the the style It sense. with timed is time more difficult extremely thus along with so repeat words, and appropriate the to the of the literary composition therefore, unless is condensed, more average of who speaker statements, thoughts But word. his expand to written the The language bear always between word. the use same carry difference spoken is free to should reciters the for the as is, reader to lead 60 CONVEYING him THE from gradually Sometimes one to material suggest it is not and so packed of delivery all Another delivering an address, several the the as he finds to speak by the the understand them that the analytic and them. tellige in- and would to he means literary In sentence. naturally the express in literarytype. imperative that first by in contained reciting,however, sentences one sentences variety of thought or long word reader the device is of unless ; hearer a deliberate once common sentence the that possible assistance at as sentence significanceof composition utter chosen whole a meaning, him thought. to well so expected the with gives a is for be appreciate can thought word to SENSE must long one In reading take the It is therefore reader shall them, and then hearer may be endeavour so to assisted interpretativemethod of the delivery. plain,let random "The probable more given of has been and instincts the built exhibit in We tastes. yet of quite are in born, modes and the in sentences and stinctiv in- and of ideas he moment, this have race, independently his of produced the them." originally produced the all born These various are and in probably explain as the generations clothing his human spontaneously were one likelypack " has we habits innate that circumstances way of which former themselves and such by which and feeling indulged become language up, that circumstances gradually in with tastes and thought would Life" explanation manner doctrine the If of Map at " nature by selected sentence a perfectly : "No than at from Lecky been look us this make To 61 SENSE THE CONVEYING in would this way. himself in the not He some : " with instincts certain and instincts tastes and differ 62 CONVEYING from widely in those former born them explained by nature what it now is. has of and thought passed on as and generation, that until were generation innate is they that of originally produced quite in became independently themselves exhibit modes They from consequence quite appear is this. certain indulged ultimately The race. been These habits. legacy a has explanation were became gradually been this feeling. feeling into have produced and be up theories probable are Human built how we must before. gone explain thought that they gradually most themselves fact that circumstances modes the The Various to The they what been Certain of disclosed shows has propounded done. that generations. with SENSE THE the to in now stances circum- them. They and spontaneously instinctively." Here, to then, the express only very sentence one eleven are thoughts original evident is sentence. that, read with unless used sentences contained It the must in be original corresponding de- liberation will by intelligence,its and be original,we for a the as had quick the in foe must him analysisof at as later see a of slow too enough give his to audience as concentration must the of reader too Hurry reader he to is only remedy The their is must reads time mind. first convey us than utterance. think with let general rule, the by being rate varies on, meantime but fault, and words our viz., Time, three, intelligently.Hasty reading common stitute sub- sentences means The intelligibility. of time take ; err his the reasonable The shall that, better we Emphasis. we remember If integrityof some mainly are sentiment the is find detailed Phrasing, and Time, the above. disposal he with must even listeners. educated interfere like meaning imperfectly apprehended tolerably cannot 63 SENSE THE CONVEYING and ; follow a very for it printed meaning to 64 CONVEYING be mind, and own your THE then the conveyed straightfrom mind of words the a the to of means the It is but details if as certain of the of or requireto to thirty miles be who blurred method. say, look on a at thus the of means of rate He a would speciallykeen gain of vague exploring the at than more a things by such contrary, you are typewriter or one result presented. by of impression If, examining, could The hour. an observer an but understanding country new fast too attempt rushing along perception will clear a read extremely an what people end. thought were area only not be, of one motor-car, twenty Some until the pause cannot of you must is intelligibility Phrasing. impression,instead a by to sentence, every is,and aid as without very mind your audience second is known off thought intelligently spoken. The a SENSE thing at bicycle, a a time, CONVEYING 66 a readers little differently, perhaps ; but, the give to thread its way Rules for they in words as way phrasing ponders feels over compelled are words hang together more what sufficientlymarked reader The in the listener and aid third Emphasis. sense to No of help the by at they The times always are intelligence alike. is intelligibility to sooner a they he certain after. be may barely perceptible, but of bit sentence closely than groups he As time, a or : One's guide. before comes between pauses useless instinctivelythat feels to sentence. than the read He with the at such chance encumbrance. bit. do in a worse best any naturally mind sentence to in sentence the the one sentence would each an intelligenceis own the easily through really are divide reader good every group would SENSE Some case, a THE has sentence the than mind taken it instinc- THE CONVEYING tively guides the prominence some to Every phrase more above of e.g.9 take feels that carried tastes," and Emphasis thought the "instincts," words born." " must counted be not voice. the with " intelligent Every the by "and tastes of the In words the burden the carries that and born." more others. to others. instincts are we reader " the sentence, which than word some than various give to words meaning the is voice has 67 SENSE as mere a emphasis " stress of mean giving appropriate prominence By " specially important words in done cut a word out, the key or a ; by say, before tone to slow marked whisper; and by and this may ways. We by higher voice or up an ; or by be of it ; after a or or an by lower down ; or a to may means lingeringutterance staccato or or a by slidingthe or a to so impressivepause changing of number quitea ; we ; by telling explosivedelivery,like 68 the CONVEYING report of certain musket a catalogue is for the heightened either With to is that the the all of voice because the and key, and been much the of find trained mind fail to bend heart to the read. ; reading to and we mechanical purely readers they forth often reason the appreciatingwhat soft or so a unfortunatelyso not is in of possibilities One us. to and loud or suggestions of listen to loud once surprisedto is has be cases apprehended by be which ; combinations. many well other, that have thus low as so may familiar complete key, sense monotony obey low dozen a And soft, a a ! many at in or the to reader. that and high variety,we mind be loud or words to various loud according the in may by or high key, the Nearly even delivery may strong, in not effect simply by or ; givingprominence the The SENSE voice. of the stress of ways THE their whole task of fully EMOTION CONVEYING CHAPTER V CONVEYING have TT7E EMOTION how seen effective reading of conception or which of than more facts. dry stirred No the one fails to realise not but of to the feel in his only it. the and emotions that he as wrote. emotions soul. is piece, a hard One understand There that something of convey own of is composer adequately can therefore reads, soul it statement refer We to study to piece any come that course, lifeless a now is gent intelli- an of sense silent the completes presuming, the it have to We read. passage essential he must what no art in he con- 72 CONVEYING veying emotion another his report of sneak victory he some march a of If some him, upon tellingthan more in the achieved. methods stolen be can revels or has underhand has inflections and tones which for the all go who man in the The to case the the play elocution of Why is altered, voicing ourselves the give at allowed piece, until the tale The thing Every- is natural feels it. man when another's we whose made words The to come emotion atmosphere enough the wronged. however, second-hand. time sympathy and we mind linger imagination ; our spared, therefore, the writer your first be be into ? of must pains must tempt, withering con- win to been emotion that of has effective. and of woe, to and features, the suggestivegesticulation, the No communicates one tale of own who nothing of when relates the one EMOTION to for own. bring attitude seek must over is waked to be the into 74 CONVEYING shrieked he devil his forth due taste of from the EMOTION the No ! climax and wonder that educated some faintest the refined shrinks people hint of the gave emotional an delivery. And yet, read to the on emotional an auctioneer's an repression or, desired ; " to be the that or reads, the reader has times produces as in victim the no to of soul. when effects case self- his course, reader everything makes and one's ing read- suggests of in every of overdone this way that the that, there than More he tone habitual and reading the with unskilled make whole indicate to sympathy The piece. apt the voice, and full is in monotonous, very were Artistic delivery,ought This, of cadence. are is the but of his speaker if it as passage fault a rather, self-control,is always reader sentiment hand, it is catalogue. the of manner other description as ludicrous emotion. A of House impression nasal and enormity the in rapidity anxiety impatience, such of interest vital this help imploring, House coolness, Such amounts one to the he with and with breathless said that 'such importance, question, could to come it not was such he that the could help adjuring with the utmost deliberation.'" utmost speaking to the word every first, speaking the lightning, magnitude, the say and of whirlwind a between pausing the hurried was and passion while syllable; the the of torrent ing, drawl- tendency he just proposed, impetuosity/ and not a latter considered he When * manner solemn, unconstitutional the measures away of that tone, of been The slow, a in his had Stormont. in by declaring began " what he that : night a difference the " Orators asked was Lord and Fox between given by passing said he with struck chiefly of after Commons, was, and Oratory " Sheridan, "When the his in Mathews is this of illustration classical 75 EMOTION CONVEYING is ludicrous, self-contradiction. thing, while the because The it words style of delivery 76 CONVEYING declares the speaker believes told assuring were that, on discredited that but of of tone all be in is were no a hear by the thing anybeen be to ill with fare a begin praise. poem the ode, instead funeral I have in which also she the have from of is which in in the I exaggeration. the lugubrious tones man " preachers the nor read that some lying dead were Psalm a to are had who one commended, Hundredth recite told has remarked assumed if his wife call on public speaking Dods sometimes This We story, was preternaturallysolemn you it tale neither us. Marcus to or as sad Were pulpit voice not man's the Demosthenes in this fashion, it would judged Dr. his the injured. some certain he says. occasion, one a he if as that us what means looks It opposite. nor ground EMOTION service, vestry." heard the pulpitas a heard described if jubilant a " lady days EMOTION CONVEYING " death of with her face sometimes, function of the sad fitness if the is This speakers. its place in who Churches ample and to moral in the this sermon that the sermon a public our yet found of the the many spoken ? consequence comparatively empty, to paid of little He wretchedly received full. be story told specialculture. in not service is halls they ought had has culture more of part culture when who for scope the on what And black professional trainingof the feel called word. shock, a bands. soul and voice suffer a sense appeared wearing crape Yes, there is couple," funeral, still, our things would well as marriage a happy " a groomsman gloves and of as of tones Although the feast," the at in her laugh ! to as skeleton the " discordant a on as and 77 an a or There certain no style; apparent a man clergy- attention preached bad is a and to good yet compli- 78 CONVEYING It ment. " was EMOTION said to have and to have moving," it impression." But, in the congregation went because, before and it made who a to Archbishop the "There of this they Magee classified out ; all never classification lenient most desire number of be and ; those work are the can't we greatly be critics. speed to public speakers for their to will of increased. so in other listen can't you listen can preachers audience, thus an help listening to." earnest shall went decided because preachers are can't the the moving, was finish, others view-point of preachersyou you it sleep; of back. come from deep a deep impression upon very remained, made " delivery, some to the ing," "sooth- soothing,because, was its of course been " to; preachers The truth admitted it is But, day : when by our the help listeningto, Hundreds of abundantly equipped respects, that we can thought and in the As also at in the well emotion. reader SOUL, reads resist him the learn reading imagination intellectual with in our the or best let of and the necessity of fectly imper- literature. Shakespeare, let to linger over is tional, emo- use already somewhat Bible them the however, temptation to "c. pause, thorough appreciation it is the stress, thought, sentiment, more expressed he the as impressed as have we peculiar significanceof Meantime, be emotion, convey of cultivating a of to the vehicles these expressing therefore, examine should, as of conveying thought, so inflection, time, We only cultivated not modes of case service tone, failure feeling. seeking our have they and voice the comparative fact, that the by their for account 79 EMOTION CONVEYING hurry the finer again and again, aglow and his soul As him Let on. passages, until his thrilled. 80 CONVEYING Without this reasonable drill Goethe thus " If EMOTION have can has in said, translated : little words effect. which As have been " does feeling tionary elocu- culture, not in prompt, vain you strive. If the from on but for at men, by from the hope words heart." does language not strive. you ever never the vain in come, Toil heart phrase set to that stir come of the elocution hearts not ; of native VI CHAPTER A PASSAGE have been STUDYING "TANY TV -^-*- pages of various the in ; correct all down reading and this to Train come their of apt to analysis the virtue Hew is, I to Voice end 83 of to and it will the none ourselves. the covered disrules that and rigidity defeat Speaking for been Admirable convinced direct and regulation speaking. am ployed em- numerous the for interesting, instructive, make result, a "c., thought have principles as more prove are and of by analysis inflections, expression laid been have the minute the to tones, Certain feeling. as writers other devoted less literature and Rules, in multiplicity, for which they 84 STUDYING are tabulated. A so-called "Rules the to came friend a instruction." hymn thou three with had the rising inflection " Art Art of painfully Simply by in the rendering was ? taught read words, His why once languid ? questions been rule a the because to of case requiring the elocution depends, an use terroga in" " answer yes "no." Effective rules, but do the upon whatever the voice mind and over many emotion facts themselves, value for of being and the and, secondly, upon in the up "advanced to thou And he for asked Art read Elocution," distressed?" sore had mine was ? mechanical. to who of commencing these PASSAGE man of He weary thou or A upon first trained heart suggest ; gence disciplinedintelli- the reader. which, though have not Passing interesting comparatively practicalpurposes, we have little sought the give to of consonants; things other the the piece invite now Ariosto the Those her by tells to form of the reader mastering in the attention to injured were participation in But the of at appear and ever " of fairy, a her nature, seasons poisonous the snake. who, of period excluded blessings those : certain during for to story law her random, at Milton on pretty foul a disguise bestowed. almost mysterious some who reader's essay a condemned was in the Macaulay's who, the finally, embodied selected paragraph, " in and, of importance the out read. We from ; impress emotion and exploding attention word a to supreme sense a of most involved pointed require endeavoured have with that enunciation correct we have we the the and vowels voicing of absolutely effects important operations and in the is with dealt have 85 which guidance We necessary. PASSAGE A STUDYING from which in spite she of STUDYING 86 her loathsome she her, A beautiful revealed celestial and her, accompanied granted all their wishes, wealth, made them war. Such in At she times She reptile. But those crush to venture those having who, and degraded her rewarded be length beauty if this Now, half and love is of who in hateful a stings. happy her frightful shape, shall at time of to in her by paragraph the read were aloud individuals, various probably would read it with unvarying speed very slowly third of would every in or as a a hurry. uniformity come down sentence with upon a of either Another cadence. the of One appear. " if in by kinds would betray are receive dared monotony would shall disgust And ! and Liberty. hisses, she she her houses glory." dozen a in spirit form steps, their happy the grovels, to woe her takes the was their filled a in which form to victorious protected herself natural with and pitied aspect, afterwards PASSAGE last conspicuous A word stress. STUDYING fourth A would arrest unmodified the would sixth with And our from of time or Now let short and work us Watch the tongue, the vowels with Read this fixed upon the the gasps. weapons an passage. with the lower exercise for an a eye jaw. with consonants. make start. on the Try and this of shall We breath, clearness time softness, ! utterance over phrasing, colour, inflection, tone make style our loudness, fairlyexhaustive it reading of redeeming pitch, of his armoury words possibly Poise, pause, simple Read vowels. 2. for staccato, rate the And ear. an use stress, whisper, the by delivery. painfullyaudible monotony! slur, his punctuate yet, what awaits 1. would series a of softlythat so barely reach the our read 87 attention our loudness fifth would A PASSAGE A the throat, to voice resonance. your Read attention slowly STUDYING 88 and all syllabically, exaggerating with particularly careful Be also and silence of if as deaf a Note In sounded be must clothe." in the in the " " * fit." in a hear door. After Stormonth, " the in as it the second ends syllables protected, frightful,venture, There are however, words no wrongly. accentuate " says " purely,as final excluded, th word word a apt " the the give Note be may times you beautiful, likely to * in eye one sounds Seven that nature. are the again loathsome following : houses, it the heavy, ill." See word rewarded, you " "y." a this for you " Reptile " syllableas in happen do make to words some give wrongly. to do sonants, con- aloud. read 3. words listeningoutside is who enough that Next, Then, mute. through. final those the forming clear whisper this with peculiarlydifficult. be to " PASSAGE A tile." here STUDYING 90 now bring you will that in injured - pitied - words so could Prominence bringing sentence out ; as the " and the " it passage in from in their therefore aloud. best words Injured LIBERTY, them leading words also, the rewarded." "pitied" reading - rewarded. the fill " happy - " to must in stress suggests vital almost them snake - happy " idea thought. " recollecting by to writer's leading word, are you memory given woe word important protected the to and and sentence is every for condemned " " order. look the reptile " addition that " fairy " victorious these of these its due. new a progress Ariosto naturally, this receive introduces of one every thing to next the In it fail to not The out do effects, and PASSAGE A " Nature of means in the " reptile is contrasted "protected." be "Woe" first and with and contrasts mainly by it not Is slides voice The down phrase, and But last the Our If this refer you gloomy, depressing,the low usually takes restrained ; becomes slower. happens a when along the keys. not only there more, tell yourself,but in what the are takes voice somewhat utterance of anything voice The Once of time are opposite pleasure. upper of rate speak a as your it is gives you on the anything sad, of tone The you time, to key; the and of words contrasted are weapons, tone. or contrasted; themselves whole. word one leading sentences two sentences and the are inflection? other. the on only not the on up ? contrast a of means and day, every indicate voice the Such contrast. a making are you does how make also "happy" 91 PASSAGE A STUDYING then speaking that bounds which words place this outside of them can 92 STUDYING be made that moves which words of witchery tone art. your words, your soul. voice how Can as if " they meant you will it the first with of by stir your reading, instinctivelygive of evidence words so expressive. Closely akin produced by words. For to one's such effects rendering example, we of have ? ribbons is in your heart Are "glory" than more ? Liberty and "beauty" tone-colour the " war thought nothing almost in of If your ? This feeling into us in victorious by speak lace of and you and "c. must tell you laugh, compassed infuse to or contemplate being "happy stirred not you cry, be feeling Can you " love the that indicate. tremble, or order feeling or word a cannot In mere in describe dance, or of kind contemplating make can you sing, or in you the Thus, the reveal to PASSAGE A are those imitative here the " These crush." the noted this in has enough said not even will little it has the themselves examination part of of that out of our revelation a leading more thoroughly their shall be might but of work, have it brief analysis If them. to them to the the been is readers our to show to reading of task in acts paragraph; effect of our all the that feel short such several Some excuse. is in the short in probably and given be pointed been monotony without "stings," voice. the have We that embody of tones all may to as way a "hisses," "grovels," words, 93 PASSAGE A STUDYING give minute better plished. accom- TOOLS ONE'S MASTERING MASTERING 98 ONE'S In expressing pathos. the in guide true disposal of the we of variety then fail speak in the before glows the mind reading,the In they contain temptation we have is to lifeless delivery Itjs imperative shall be nature the utter reallymade the himself, that scope tools and that the the make read thought expressed. of another the words us ; ; and before own. result. to i-gmter in to our or jie shall give freedom get possessionof thought is bound that not presented thoughts The often it is are and so. too taken before words the the A has read does are versation, con- nature think conversation, In in Does nature words the amount to not our at ordinary come do thought mind. the tools wonderful a is that The the In we I is nature speech. our public? chance. a put when rather trouble voice. into us fact, of use can TOOLS the effective sppakpr his use own of delivery. He aim must audience an tion as with laboured no aspires to master must train By becomes is a has He and must tools. what do to who speaker or trainingbegins in a He nature deliberate the correct conscious this degrees has The for paragraphs. little it be first writer effort who submitted behind drudgery toiled become He his do to art can reallygood piece of composition, of amount that prove of use effort who one conyersa- reader a before Still,it needs to as habit. a off animated to^aidnature. the All 99 natural as friend. in conscious dash is in himself suggests. thing. he success must and being argument called be must at familiar a TOOLS ONE'S MASTERING long At short with the the words, at length of to an successful a fair scenes. sentences the art has instinct. So reader and speaker. We have warned the reader against MASTERING 100 attempting rules calculated are it makes his read to while but ONE'S to all the is to begin by of variety situations methods nature's in inflection, pause, literature from each having an and strive to us all a illustrate. few have occasion they are Do that? you read a these carefullyanalyse of use of distinctive them time, tone, reader let the number equally in speak Then a of passages, quality, according to method. nature's Let and series use to ; the "c. a would one advice Our down style, draws one nature. frequently ; sentences select from when ; another artificial an difference as rules to prescribed by writing such sentences according produce induction own of as TOOLS the think We sentences to use. shall first might one any The give colloquial more better. I would cringe to a man like ONE'S MASTERING Oh ! I'm no Yes, fearfully made stone a Look you at your hear Jones He the ! mother Man, it would ! Be was have with off I'll have or ! you the police five, had at rose harnessed baskets, I had other picnic the that on before " his and up drawn bath, appeared dis- blinds the in room. my True? any like to you to won't What it's true, course contradict You'll come. come, box? Of man Do a Quit keen morning. poor pain ! was packed fellows ? heels ? His ! ! weep here, you Do of Tears up. 101 ! is gone His agony. cut fool a friend old poor my simply was such not TOOLS do Jack cigars. fifty pound defy or you me. it. regret never the see I performance. I would You will you? think you got got Tennyson. Edgar, note I a ! for Bill Christmas a got writing-case, a I box got " MASTERING 102 who Jones, me sneak " I of of The of and three at Jack, The " reader Even in find Not a the of aloud and The my own, me to pounds a Once upon pondered Over of many when will his weak forgotten " in the a crack Then few him is meant. he will variety make him Let of more read them methods. nature's will be midnight lore. whispered " of Let quaint going, sentences amount and I what see own. Going, But ! now exercise a ! more above a and senses. my " ten penny study next by went " dreaming shouted wonderful sentences is ! grass, inflection, "c. tone, he stand splash. a auctioneer going " the on brought yell a would game. fairyland whip a came to whole he that coward dozing was kind and TOOLS said always the spoiled ONE'S from dreary, literature. while weary, and curious volume I While I there As of some 'Tis and this this into. such mistakes this as and have I sittingthere The in the place poring at over times sleep. at the would Then moaning was an I me in nearly was of window. I the in It night. the out oil would off the and The embers alone. only light I lamp. book into wake wind house. all old-fashioned nod up a in was the room ; some Nothing outside my fall ordinary extra- most a midnight. tempted fire had one at would was I " " would reciters some : experience December at probably speak would way tapping story, you own your the You * more." nothing were make not at door'- chamber Only rapping door. visitor,' I muttered, some my If gently rapping, one chamber my ' tapping, a came suddenly napping, nearly nodded, 103 TOOLS ONE'S MASTERING and ; kind a of with the of sleet gust hi was the grate MASTERING 104 would All of strange, eerie, a on sudden, a wits. my other the footfall one was was the of but ; tapping bearer I Somebody side no the TOOLS and strange flickerings start had I ONE'S of confidential. feeling. awesome nearly started seemed to door. door the some were and secret earth on some if he as on heard doubt message, What out be had I all beyond at shadows. could it be?" realise Only allow work mind ; way. read knows You After this its and the ought you feels will feel that contribution own your be like able to who one describing. group of words to will inflections,tones, and will find place their do is The their to to he what each time to in matter literary form, Monotony take ; imagination speak distinct tale. and then it in situation the and the effect begin to pauses function is of a the vanish. of nature as you 106 MASTERING thing mightier him. is It freeman. of ONE'S than the the In TOOLS habit within stirs of passionate joy he eagle the sees a image himself. There is pages with many books variety of prose. The these need, however, no specimen pieces. already reader after another the studying for piece ought form mirth third ; another its for humour ; a The his doubt ; to and selections pick suitable out set Each thus others. Let rollicking stately dignity ; fourth a ; its be ; few for defiance of for uncertainty should of and its its tone sixth and one tools. the great a poetry a for its pathos a are distinctive for fifth for self-assertion of of selected be piece one has strikingcontrast a There and until he use these examine extracts be to in should of pack containing literaryselections collections one to a its or expression and so rather forth. than and many, not in paragraph In the it find force voice so appreciation of This 4. in extract the after from day for type one quicken and elements and series voice. of a of share others at a time. with piece sharpen beauty your and or Do to each reciting this another, perception of power day transitions These while. your sentiment. and sense the using accomplished of the language. practisereading turn, entire phrase. own your way the task and full the absorbed make to as Linger freely. Expand nature's Study 3. it time. a word every detail in of every at have you Paraphrase 2. in work to " piece significanceof pupil : one it until over average tools, the of his use splendid exercise a Take an length. following way 1. than more learning the will 107 TOOLS ONE'S MASTERING in will the language PRESCRIBING DIAGNOSING AND VIII CHAPTER PRESCRIBING AND DIAGNOSING T?XPERIENCE ^^ delivery of important letter the last happens word to it but small defect times in Personal be, half the or of a it whole repeated an hour It of sentence. a style three cannot criticism and 111 be may of use accentuating Whatever it thing itself; small fatal very radical uncertain habit looks with recurs the stamps h," " sistence per- is one work. the or the It even one's cadence, peculiar the how all to habits. bad notice to due frequently few a pervades defect a is defective that proves and frequency of delivery. four or be advice A hundred disregarded. are par- 112 DIAGNOSING AND ticularlyvaluable is to do note A 1. is that of becomes eh " and learn a that ; " oh how only produce oh," by themselves list of words giving the a ; sound becomes "so" simple into the sounds and then until sounds " eh " to and make and " ah-ee " to the comes be- is first cure containingeach, pure can diphthong. "gow," changed are The to into is, the " "ah-oh." and " " sow we quarters, "pile," "glade" "glide," "go" " that in certain vowel turning a becomes All typical cases. frequent defect "Pale" " here. few a PRESCRIBING out practise, old habit is overcome. 2. people speak Some unvarying speed, to a shorthand himself for reading a from dialogue, would 3. Nothing if as writer speed a novel more one read bent upon with training Practice in plenty considerably common with dictating were certificate. help is they and than of here. uni- DIAGNOSING 114 through ; higher ; AND only read tone, then and PRESCRIBING it in low, tone a clear always yet versational con- decidedly tone a a finally, in then, comfortably in first and distinct. the Obviously, tone the demands voice that suggestion have so that we is that of have that experience persevering practice voice to necessary descend, feeling accomplishing 4. may Another be termed this at will of fairly want own tone so practised even patient and compelling the to the secure ease in of shall difficulty however, but nothing that or The is to, we piece our a it. express slightest that and spiritof referred peculiarlythe speakers ; trained so the this instinctively appropriateto we have obey mind the feel will it the made shall we of management proper and one comfort in public. common of fault grip. is what What we has mean of impetuosity like than and " a is thus select torrent of afflicted for with all increase familiar Suppose words of attitude a of with an in attitude pugilist,he what will is the utter the would defiant find other materially aid appropriate To mention only one other it hand, to attitude. 5. of the upon in the On energy. effect to standing like this expressing the tried well-nighimpossible. of features one prayer a looks, will expressingthe in gestures, attitudes, and mind. Julius " stronger feelings are pieces Shakespeare's him do between dialogue assist materially passion." few attitude, and Gesture, of of cannot practicea in Cassius and Caesar." We "whirlwind well-known the Brutus " who Anyone better a suggestive of sentiments case languid delivery Stormont's Lord in the instanced already been 115 PRESCRIBING AND DIAGNOSING common one the AND DIAGNOSING 116 is fault, there of experience What pulpittone," voice The melody what the of a allowed thought kind of type forced. could Nothing wooden It almost victim. ; required makes tone, all is the time, and force of of individual acquire a matter no be, and again, as every be must mechanical more practicewill and appreciatingthe effort this. despair of helping the one study in than which emotion be the frequent. yet it is painfully and Much into and called is used cadence bed a destruction the to of may again as The sentiment to and, ; over, Procrustes' more sentiment or well as expression. of own is sung weariness, all or been its victims been little of melody unto has people most the is often has little this tendency becoming cadence. set " the [PRESCRIBING to "c. master individual groups use Most the of be tions, inflec- important of peculiarvalue sentences, within and even sentences. DIAGNOSING Take one and a paragraph sentence that of one it the as if try stood time mind the give and if as significance give PRESCRIBING AND next it stood 117 to read alone. to Pause seize the then sentence, by only itself. PLAYING THE ACCOMPANIMENT 122 PLAYING rather follow mood and that his lead they and singer,but chime the in with They of what call attention introduce all is incongruity, as it features word. to to his is so effect there not are themselves, still less to the spoken heighten to ; for and the accompany is said law attitudes, gestures, and there are ACCOMPANIMENT interpretation. Even the with the down lay not THE too discord often the in this case. The first connection still. the that is Strange art of is that knows his keep to say, than this and times are keep to service there effective simply standing time a best to learned conversationalist Speakers, readers, learn more be accompanist singer is piano. also there the when the the to successful expert times to is The learned lesson has silence there he ; are render can fingers off* the reciters when must nothing simply standing still. is nothing short of a practice to but easy, have the legs and on the the his folds man One another thrusts One he speaks longed another to may his with of complete observation. a chin an the his watch pillow of up as his you them chain ; pockets. if as his shoulder, escape collar. catalogue by Anyhow, One side one if to over-stiff his is the holds to on or spout. into head you strikes arm another hands his make tilts his sharp edge ; twiddles akimbo. one is the arm arms use gets Another " If crosses rail Another glass. water other the One front the on "coffee-pot" attitude handle, task, then the table. the of it is. hard speakers. lounges side hand the an public meeting next Watch attend. his the at faced has how essayed never eyes your who one tell you will audience and extremely looks It master. every 123 self-watching much requiring lesson you ACCOMPANIMENT THE PLAYING will the You further soon be 124 PLAYING THE with impressed before achievement, attitudes standing little that of striking common as short still an wrong malady a as cold. catching regard a feelings your You guide. in attitude, it should to that remembered fortable is and is sufficient fact that the audience an With ACCOMPANIMENT feel may lounging or are no more ungainly be com- attitude, "^""^^""""""""""""""^""""iMHHBHHIBBMBBBBMMIMBBBHMMBV'^**' it does but And to yet see would them We the need to shall naturally your yourself as you itself mend of hands one and is in his having to avoid matters. we that so he to The do habit of will otherwise very will we those assume habit to appear befitting. If, pockets, the audience. habit, and habits the awkward public platform. of normally are into extremely bad our which example, so victims correct attitudes his to not all are look not for putting feel it__ on thought disconcert a of him. in reader the Let less ACCOMPANIMENT THE PLAYING when or reading him Let while or drill himself will trouble. there But, attention ; in merely reading certainly in recitingand speaking. Gesture times it has but employed, to the it becomes voice. and silent adjuncts more to attention are than adjunct adds that deliverance, to gesture, seem, the deserves therefore worthy they at properly valuable attitude, of features, receive. a When cultivation, and study of a Anything expressiveness of play place. public overdone be may its less and things requiring aloud, but ; to comes experience perhaps not outside, reasonably he when other are into thus public he less a reciting in private. and the in say, " walking and dignified attitudes, face himself watch then circumstances exacting drawing-room, 125 of and little a as the a rule, PLAYING 126 When THE it is said rarely the evidence. It that be may indulge which in action is in the naturally suggest of case given a a studied seldom audience. fiery and leads him motion of that the to word of very reciter, the defective Such performance. in significantnor very is artificiality of is orator obviously so the superabundance a is neither graceful. Or, they his temperament impulsive; and to the On much very upon they word. is that effect receive that meant are trouble desired things spoken they The the these the accompany contrary, have that it is not attention, scant ACCOMPANIMENT an air whole displays warning and guidance. It is surely gesture should and Those train who a at reasonable least stiffness appear themselves be to a that graceful. Angularity be must before demand the got rid of. public should graceful carriage of the body curves ACCOMPANIMENT THE PLAYING should they ; in the use of the practisesweeping the of The arms. wrist not trainingin adding materially of this connection to figure in statuary will be has so learned study the but the best work, not only the the to little a details his also but The tiveness effec- interesting in by watching reveals art, is ; mastered movement true It gesture. made graceful. of capable are ments move- be may wonderfully expressive and fingers, too, 127 of of the lessons anyone who that every the of grace living significance of nature. It may be faults that Some of meet these the the angles to eyes to movements For sometimes his adverting to due his audience. reciter our are accommodate of while worth normal all turns often. too failure one's the to example, in to view dialogue, round position. few a at The right result THE PLAYING 128 is, of the his in the of required. He should suggest the enough to action. Every be able the time. many Again, the here have when and impression their very the should his all face occasionally are such a way makes the that eyes is demanded compromise fault is been do to it they of in a and they give are those gesture. a this do that, one the calling attention acquired gracefulness. noticeable of case grace taught they that in the seen the exaggerate They to A in also. Another who in only implied part of all that sight of round audience eyes see compromise turn the heavenward, lose audience A idea in one see expressive. so head. easily to directed This is often pronounced twirl of few faults of wrist. the We a several back only is that course, ACCOMPANIMENT more now proceed serious kind to note in connection a with the 130 lack and than more is worth more twirls which grace, twists display a why reason no should the " thought complete the If reader his into the work his must the in the be then the words conveyed. speaker puts he will soul his that will gestures nature the finally find first. of mind, to nifica sig- come order almost anticipate is the decided direction. the direction speaker has is another The of made lesson sometimes a gesture up that points out gesture tells place ; it declares his mind. than more that Here, for reciters whose exceedingly definite how place, observe next the are the but ever sense There words. In and little significance or instinctively his many to and grace appropriate gesture, that amount instance, the above so of calisthenics. gesture first the is than combined, be not of In ACCOMPANIMENT THE PLAYING the then, gestures indefinite and If meaningless. it ought does ACCOMPANIMENT THE PLAYING leave to gesture a anything means doubt no 131 mean. periloushabit The order to into with lady a is described of getting up frequently brings trouble heard his recite poring as in book her hand, the reciter I recently which piece in a over but the let the still contrived suddenly words bird fall from went really lighted ! Faults defective of on this one realise each should scene in are In always all while that branch kind imagination. pieces say the its bird a ground, to the while how us very on that reading on showed the to gesture a his hands keep to then down came tree She ! pages her book She supposed spoiledeverything by suggesting monk monk a book. a with tion recita- a gestures. rightly enough began he it what to as the of due a to descriptive endeavour its details, to so PLAYING 132 he that ACCOMPANIMENT THE it describe can actual if from as experience. conclusion, In of importance in speaking, reading, betrays than want referred to conveyed with hand arms they see the is thrust head swing give the idea recital ! No, the whole out kept the to the stiff and the in of life and man must that ! ground left while Or right! vain speaks; the to to that and Or see the to attempt animation remember see the unyielding while about we the same while heavenward staring to eyes and tone it is to absurd towards already the is It more sentiment the contradict pointing of effect How "c. have We words. the by directed are eyes the ludicrous gesture, the hand the when time to harmony. of when do we performance a of law reciting. Nothing or crudity of the all the out the that seeing is observed harmony point must we we the it is must PLAYING the master so that delivering eyes, all "c., as a ACCOMPANIMENT THE chorus. 133 significance head, unite well-trained we wrist, arms, in what of the voices work are hands, of blend pression, ex- in UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED, WOKING AND LONDON.
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