Resonance in Singing and Speaking

About this eBook

Author

Fillebrown, Thomas, 1836-1908

Credits

Produced by David Newman, Clare Boothby, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition

Subject

Voice culture

Category

Text

eBook-No.

19138

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19138

Release Date

August 29, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RESONANCE — IN — SINGING AND SPEAKING — BY
2. 2.THOMAS FILLEBROWN, M.D., D.M.D. — THIRD EDITION — To the memory of
3. 3.WILLIAM HASKELL STOCKBRIDGE — PUPIL OF VANNUCCINI AND MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN VOICE CULTURE, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CONTENTS — Resonance
6. 6.in — Singing and Speaking
7. 7.INTRODUCTION — PRINCIPLES ADVOCATED
8. 8.The Vocal Instrument — ELEMENTS — TIMBRE — THE LARYNX — THE VOCAL CORDS — THE EPIGLOTTIS — THE PHARYNX — THE UNDER JAW — THE SOFT PALATE — THE HARD PALATE AND TEETH — THE NASAL AND HEAD CAVITIES — INFLUENCE OF THE RESONANCE CAVITIES ON THE PITCH OF THE TONE — THE TONGUE — THE LIPS — THE NOSTRILS — THE FACE
9. 9.The Speaking Voice and Pronunciation — DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINGING AND SPEAKING — PRONUNCIATION — THE SINGER'S SCALE OF VOWEL SOUNDS — LIP POSITION
10. 10.Breath Control — THE MUSCLES OF RESPIRATION — THE DIAPHRAGM — THE LUNGS — INSPIRATION — EXPIRATION — CORRECT METHOD — BREATH CONTROL — A CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS — NECESSITY OF BREATHING EXERCISES — CORRECT BREATHING ILLUSTRATED — ECONOMY OF BREATH — THE INITIAL USE OF BREATH FORCE — RESERVE BREATH POWER — BREATH MASTERY
11. 11.Breathing Exercises — PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS — ATTITUDE — Exercise I — Exercise II — Exercise III — Exercise IV — Exercise V — Exercise VI — Exercise VII — Exercise VIII
12. 12.Registers — THE VOICE AND INSTRUMENTS COMPARED — TWO CASES
13. 13.Resonance in General — Experiment I — Experiment II — Experiment III — Experiment IV — Experiment V — Experiment VI — Experiment VII
14. 14.Head and Nasal Resonance
15. 15.Placing the Voice — WHEN IS THE VOCAL ACTION CORRECT? — EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE — Preliminary Exercise — IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS — Exercise I — EXERCISES FOR SPEAKERS — Exercise II — Exercise III — Exercise IV — Exercise V — Exercise VI — VI a — Exercise VII — Exercise VIII — Exercise IX — Exercise X — Exercise XI — Exercise XII — Exercise XIII — Exercise XIV
16. 16.Throat Stiffness
17. 17.Some General Considerations — THE NATURAL VOICE — AGE TO BEGIN — IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — ARTISTRY — LIFE'S PERIODS — APPLICATION OF ESSENTIALS — REPOSE AS A PREPARATION FOR VOCAL EXERCISE — THE VIBRATO
18. 18.The Psychology of Vocal Culture — THE SINGER BEHIND THE VOICE — FREEDOM — DETERRENTS — CONCLUSION
19. 19.BOOKS CONSULTED
20. 20.INDEX — THE MUSIC STUDENTS LIBRARY — THE MUSICIANS LIBRARY — PIANO VOLUMES — SONG VOLUMES
21. 21.FOOTNOTES

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