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CONTENTS

[THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF SPEECH]

THE VOCAL INSTRUMENT:

[THREE QUALITIES OF MUSICAL SOUNDS, LOUDNESS, PITCH AND TIMBRE]

THE VOCAL INSTRUMENT AND ITS THREE PARTS

[(1) THE BELLOWS AND ITS STRUCTURE: VOLUNTARY CONTROL OF BREATH]

[(2) THE REED CONTAINED IN THE VOICE-BOX OR LARYNX: ITS STRUCTURE AND ACTION]

[(3) THE RESONATOR AND ARTICULATOR, ITS STRUCTURE AND ACTION IN SONG AND SPEECH]

[PATHOLOGICAL DEGENERATIVE CHANGES PRODUCING SPEECH DEFECTS AND WHAT THEY TEACH]