Registers, 151-178 Behnke on, 155, 156, 167 Garcia on, 155 Mackenzie on, 156, 167, 168 Madame Seiler on, 153, 165, 170 Mandl on, 158 Resonance chambers, 102, 136, 140-150, 175, 182, 198, 213, 223, 224, 228, 234 in sounding bodies, 140 of musical instruments, 140, 141 Resonants, 228 Resonator, 148 Respiration, 46, 48, 68, 69 forced, 119 hygiene of, 55 mouth, 131 Respiratory centre, 57, 58, 172 efficiency, 124 organs, 47 system, 37 tract, 26 S Science, 17 Scripture, Prof., 150 Seiler, Madame, 153, 165, 170 Selections in public, 271 Sensations, 172, 174, 175, 178 Septum nasi, 149 Singer, purpose of, 99 range of, 269 Singing, choral, 256 class, 257 fortissimo, 121 good, 259 in schools, 247 Song, elements of, 218-229 Soprano, highest tones of, 137 light, 232 Sound, 60, 97-103, 135, 225 quality of, 102, 246 Tyndall on, 97 volume of, 101, 102, 136 Sounding body, 99 Speaker, purpose of, 99 Speaking, good, 259 Speech, elements of, 218-229 organs of, 233 purity of, 135 Sphincter action, 86 Staccato production, 209 Stammering, 268 Stop-closure, 158 Straining, 86, 175 Straw bass, 88 Stuttering, 268 Style, 254 Swell, 207, 212 T Technique, 23, 179, 183, 185, 186, 254, 255 Teeth, 202 Temperament, 245 Tenors, 232 Throat mirror, 107 sore, 265 Thyro-arytenoideus, 84, 85 hyoid membrane, 81 Thyroid cartilage, 76, 81 Timbre, 136 Tone, 132, 135, 136 carrying power of, 126 color of, 214 ground, 231 head, 160 piano, 233 pitch of, 126 production, 132, 207-217 quality of, 128, 142, 150, 231 the sustained, 208 volume of, 126 Tones, 189 head, 177 highest, 137 lower, 137 quality of, 146 timbre of, 136 upper, 86 Tongue, 131, 145, 149, 214 control of, 202 influence of, 201 Tonsils, 145, 149 Trachea, 81 Tremolo, 128, 258, 259 Tuning fork, 99 U Uvula, 145 V Vibrations, 61, 98, 100, 236 Vibratives, 228 Vibrato, 258 Vital capacity, 71 Vocal athlete, 182 Vocal bands, 87, 103, 126 action of, 137 false, 78 true, 77, 78, 80, 94 vibrations of, 136 cords, false, 95 Madame Seiler on, 154 true, 95 methods, 32 physiology, 17-32 training, early weeks of, 246 Vocalises, 207 Vocalist, ideal, 198 Vocalization, 19, 31 Voice, 44, 254 breaking of, 114 brightening the, 216 carrying power of, 232 darkening the, 216 even, 84 harsh, 232 head, in females, 166 in ill health, 114 loud, 272 placed, 215 position in use of, 206 production, 22, 244 small in volume, 272 user, 17, 33, 46 exercises for, 135 well placed, 175 Voices, classification of, 260, 261 injured, 26 Vowel, a, 195 purity of, 199 sounds, 196, 197, 216 Vowels, adaptation of, to ideas, 222 and consonants, 230, 235 dark, 235 formation of, 218-221 low-pitched, 235 mouth positions of, 218 perfect sound of, 221 pitch of, 221, 225, 230 quality of, 221 W Wagner, 257 Whispering, 225, 226