Resonance in Singing and SpeakingFillebrown, Thomas
Science
Resonance in Singing and Speaking
Fillebrown, Thomas
Voice culture
EXERCISES, VOCAL:
I, to establish nasal and head resonance, 58-61;
for speakers, 60, 61;
II, to establish head and nasal resonance, 61;
III, IV, V, upper resonance, 62-64;
VI, to enlarge the throat and thus magnify the tone, 64;
VII, for production of the vowel sounds in proper focus, 65;
VIII, to enlarge the throat and focus the vowels, 66;
IX, quick changing notes without changing resonance, 67;
X, for agility, 67, 68;
XI, to develop the use of the lips and under jaw, 68, 69;
XII, for facility and quick vowel change, 69, 70;
XIII, ascending and descending scale, 71;
XIV, the long scale, 71;
additional, 72, 73;
repose as a preparation for, 80.
EXPIRATION, muscles of, 23, 24;
under controlled pressure, 24;
described, 25;
the lungs in, 25;
illustrated, 28, 29.
FACE, training muscles of, 15.
FARINELLI, breath control of, 36.
FFRANGCON-DAVIES, on pronunciation, 18;
on registers, 39;
on function of ear in voice training, 57;
definition of singing of, 83.
FOCUSING THE VOICE (see _Voice placing_).
FORBES-ROBERTSON, on diction, 19.
FORMES, CARL, voice of, in declining years, 4.
FREEDOM IN SINGING, 84.
FRONTAL SINUSES, function of, 12;
illustration of, 7.
GARCIA, MANUEL, inventor of laryngoscope, 2;
use of laryngoscope, 2;
Sir Charles Stanley on, 3.
GOUNOD, on pronunciation, 19.
HALF-BREATH, Sembrich and, 37.
HARD PALATE, function of, 12.
HARSHNESS, an indication of tension, 56.
HEAD CAVITIES, a resonator for the voice, 6;
effect of, on resonance, 12.
HEAD TONES, in previous years, 2;
wrongly termed, 5.
HELMHOLTZ, on pitch of vowel sounds, 20;
on acoustics, 43, 49.
HENDERSON, W.J., on pronunciation, 18.
HIGH TONES, breath control necessary for, 27.
HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, on Edward Everett's voice, 16.
HYOID BONE, 8, 10.
I-sound, described, 21.
IMPATIENCE, a deterrent to beautiful singing, 84.
INSPIRATION, muscles of, 23, 24;
process of, described, 25;
illustrated, 28, 29.
(See also _Breath control_ and _Breathing_.)
INSTRUMENT, MUSICAL, elements of, 43, 44.
INTENSITY, INVOLVING STRAIN, a deterrent to beautiful singing, 84.
KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, instruction by, 78.
KOENIG, on pitch of vowel sounds, 20.
LARYNGOSCOPE, and registers, 2;
Garcia the inventor of, 2;
usefulness of, 2;
limitations of, 3;
disappointing results of, 38;
not an instrument for the singer, 51.
LARYNX, moving, 3;
viewed through the laryngoscope, 3;
illustrated, 7;
description of, 8, 9;
relation of size of, to pitch, 9;
automatic action of, 38;
not alone the vocal organ, 50;
reflex action of, 51;
force of tone does not originate in, 75;
must be left uncramped, 75.
LATERAL ABDOMINAL BREATHING, 3, 25, 28.
LEHMANN, MADAME LILLI, on use of Ah, 19;
on registers, 39;
on nasal resonance, 54.
LIFE'S PERIODS, 79.
LIND, JENNY, effects of wrong methods on, 4.
LIPS, in articulation, 14;
position of, 20-22;
illustrated, 21, 22.
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