Drill Book In Vocal Culture

Author : Richard Lewis
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ISBN 13 : 9781331901259
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book How to Read written by Richard Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from How to Read: A Drill Book for the Cultivation of the Speaking Voice, and for Correct and Expressive Reading; Adapted for the Use of Schools, and for Private Instruction The object of this work is to supply the schools of the Province with a course of systematic training in the culture of the speaking voice, and instruction in correct and expressive reading. The first sections of the book embrace all exercises that tend to develope and improve the vocal organization, and to improve the ear. The voice and the ear are the important agents in the music of speech; and as the voice of youth is flexible, and in the best condition for direction and culture, and the ear is quick to appreciate all the variations of tone which give expression to speech, a system of culture founded upon scientific principles cannot fail to be beneficial, and to give to our system of teaching to read some of the qualities of a true art. These exercises as a species of vocal gymnastics are also of the first importance, as they bring into vigorous and healthy action the muscles around the chest, and those important organs, the heart, the lungs, the throat, and all the agents which combine to produce voice. The exercises upon the vowels and consonants which are associated with the vocal exercises are founded upon the true phonetics of the language. Pronunciation is subject to all the influences of bad examples and provincial corruptions. If speech is to be correct and refined, and the true sounds of a language preserved and established, the teacher must be guided both by the approved sounds of the letters, independent of local customs, and by the action and position of the organs used to utter sounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.