SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND VOCAL GYMNASTICS.
PHYSICAL GYMNASTICS.
ATTITUDE.
1. Standing Position.
2. Speaker's"
3. Sitting Position.
4. Change"
5. Poise.
6. Rise on Toes.
7. Holding Book.
CHEST EXPANSION.
1. Active and Passive Chest.
2. Arms at Side.
3. Fore-arm Vertical.
4. Percussion. Full Arm.
5. "Hands on Chest.
BODY AND NECK MOVEMENTS.
1. Body bend forward and back.
2. ""right and left.
3. "turn""
4. Neck bend forward and back.
5. ""right and left.
6. "turn""
VOCAL GYMNASTICS.
Note.—Be sure and keep ACTIVE CHEST in all vocal exercises.
BREATHING.
1. Abdominal.
2. Costal.
3. Dorsal.
4. Puff.
5. Puff—Pause between.
6. "Breathe"
7. Holding Breath.
TONE.
Note.—In following exercises use first long, then short vowels.
1. Glottis stroke. Who, whispered, followed by short vowels quickly spoken.
2. Soft Tones. Use oo-oh-awe-ah first, then any other vowels.
3. Swell Tones. Use vowels as in Soft Tones.
PITCH.
1. Learn Musical Scale. Practise Tone Exercise on each tone within compass of voice.
2. Chant sentences on each tone.
3. Read sentences, beginning on each tone.
INFLECTION.
1. Major fall from different pitches.
2. "rise""
3. ""and fall from different pitches.
4. Minor rise and fall.
5. Circumflex, rise and fall.
6. Monotone, different pitches.
QUALITY.
1. Whisper.
2. Aspirate.
3. Pure.
4. Orotund.
FORCE.
Note.—Use exercises under Pitch, Nos. 2 and 3, with different degrees of force.
1. Gentle.
2. Moderate.
3. Loud.
STRESS.
1. Radical.
2. Median.
3. Terminal.
4. Thorough.
5. Compound.
6. Tremolo.
MOVEMENT.
Note.—Use exercises under Pitch, Nos. 2 and 3, with different rates of movement.
1. Quick.
2. Moderate.
3. Slow.
ARTICULATION.
Note.—Use only sounds represented by Italicized letters in the words and letters below.
1. Elementary Sounds.
2. Syllables.
3. Words.
4. Phrases.
5. Sentences.
Long Vowels. 1. meet. 31. may. 5. air. 6. her. 8. ah. 10. awe. 1214. oh. 12. ore. 14. woo.
Short Vowels. 2. it. 4. met. 5. at. 7. Cuba. 9. up. 11. on. 13. foot.
Diphthongs. 81. pie. 111. oil. 814. out. y14. you.
Glides. 1.—14.-r.
Articulations. Lips—p, b, m-wh, w. Lips and Teeth—f, v. Teeth and Tongue—th (thin), th (then). Tip of Tongue—t, d, n-l-r-ch, j-s, z-sh, zh. Tongue—y. Back of Tongue—k, g, ng. Whispered Vowel—h.
PART THREE.
ELOCUTION.
If you have faithfully practised Parts One and Two, you have gained some control of voice, and can now begin elocution, or expression of thought and feeling. In each of the short extracts you will find some thought and feeling to express; and if you will take pains to understand thoroughly what you have to speak, and then speak earnestly as the thought and feeling prompts you, you will certainly improve. Speak to some person; and, if no one is present, imagine that there is, and talk to them: for you need never speak aloud, unless it is for some one besides yourself to hear. Your first endeavor as a speaker should be to make a pleasant quality of voice, so that you may make good listeners of your audience. The following exercises suggest pleasure, and let your voice suggest the sentiment.