The Juvenile Speaker; Comprising Elementary Rules and Exercises in Declamation, with a Selection of Pieces for Practice (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Behold a tide of Persian steel, A torrent of the Median car: Like flame their gory banners wheel, ? Rise, king, and arm thee for the war ! LESSON X. PRACTICE OF FORCE ON THE ELEMENTS. Let the pupil repeat each of the tonic elements, through all the degrees of force indicated below, ?commencing with a whisper; then proceeding to a half-whisper, and so on to a shout; breathing after every sound; and paying strict attention to the directions given before, about position. whisper. half whiep. soft voice. moderate. loud. very loud. shouting. calling Letlhe pupil now repeat, with a constantly increasing force, as noted above, the tonic elements, in succession; passing, at each stage of force, from one element to another. Next, commence each long vocal element with a whisper, and swell on to the strongest force of which the voice is capable.t as represented to the eye, thus: LESSON XI. " STRESS." In the utterance of single sounds, there are various modes of giving out the force of the voice, more or less gradual, or abrupt. And these modes of voice have been termed " stress," in the nomenclature of Dr. Rush, the great author on the voice. As a means of strengthening the voice, and securing power of utterance, the last of the above lines should be repeated with the utmost at tainable force; but always with a perfectly smooth tone. Shouting strengthens the organs and clears the voice. Bat vociferation and scream- ins hurt the organs and weaken the voice. T The above exercises should never be prolonged to the extent of fatigue. I.?"RADICAL STRESS." la the impassioned style of utterance, this mode of the voice opens abruptly, and lies upon the very beginning of each sound. This style is perfectly exemplified, when, in juvenile play, one boy wishes...