Rhetoric of Vocal Expression: A Study of the Properties of Thought as Related to UtteranceE.J. Goodrich, 1892 - 364 pages |
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Page vi
... passages may now be assigned ; lengthy discussions on the given principles have now become needless , and may give place to enlarged application . When differences of judgment occur , they can often be settled , as far as it is possible ...
... passages may now be assigned ; lengthy discussions on the given principles have now become needless , and may give place to enlarged application . When differences of judgment occur , they can often be settled , as far as it is possible ...
Page ix
... passages quoted throughout the book , in illustration of rhetorical principles , may also be used to enforce the elements of vocal culture . Parts of the chapter on Vocal Technique may be studied before taking up the work as a whole in ...
... passages quoted throughout the book , in illustration of rhetorical principles , may also be used to enforce the elements of vocal culture . Parts of the chapter on Vocal Technique may be studied before taking up the work as a whole in ...
Page xi
... passages . The author's classes have found much valuable ma- terial for the study of vocal expression in Genung's Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis . Extracts even bet- ter for our special purpose can be found ; and it is hoped that this ...
... passages . The author's classes have found much valuable ma- terial for the study of vocal expression in Genung's Handbook of Rhetorical Analysis . Extracts even bet- ter for our special purpose can be found ; and it is hoped that this ...
Page xx
... Passages suggested for Analysis 243-263 CHAPTER XXIV . KEYS AND MELODY . Effect of High Keys ; Effect of Medium Keys ; Effect of Low Keys ; Keys of Different Voices ; Significance of Intervals . Small Diatonic ; Large or Wide Diatonic ...
... Passages suggested for Analysis 243-263 CHAPTER XXIV . KEYS AND MELODY . Effect of High Keys ; Effect of Medium Keys ; Effect of Low Keys ; Keys of Different Voices ; Significance of Intervals . Small Diatonic ; Large or Wide Diatonic ...
Page xxi
... Passage ; Special Qualities and Vowel Tunings ; Temper- ing or Coloring of Vowels CHAPTER XXVI . GENERAL FORCE OF SPEECH . 282-289 Distinction Between General and Particular . - General Abrupt Force ; General ... Passages in CONTENTS . xxi.
... Passage ; Special Qualities and Vowel Tunings ; Temper- ing or Coloring of Vowels CHAPTER XXVI . GENERAL FORCE OF SPEECH . 282-289 Distinction Between General and Particular . - General Abrupt Force ; General ... Passages in CONTENTS . xxi.
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abruptness accented action amphibrach analysis anapestic appoggiatura assertion attitude bearing breath Brutus Bunker Hill Monument business waiting Cæs cæsura CHAPTER chest circumflex clause condition connection dactylic deliberative diaphragm discrimination effect element emotional energy especially euphony example expansion expressional falling slide feeling force gesture give gliding hand hath heaven heigh-ho iambic ically impulse inflection insistent intensity interpretation intervals Julius Cæsar lines listener logical Lord measure melody ment mental mind moods of utterance movement muscles N. P. Willis natural ness noble object pantomimic paraphrase passages pause phrase poetry practical properties prose rhythms purpose reader reason relations reveal rhetorical scansion Scene Scrooge sense sentence significance simply singing soul sound speak speaker speech spondaic stress student subjective suggest syllables thee thing thou thought tion tone trochaic unaccented unto usually verse vocal expression voice volitional vowels whole words
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