Practise these sounds of vowels and articulations until you can make them forcibly and easily, with elastic movement of jaw, tongue, and lips; and remember that force depends on the strength and good control of muscles below the lungs. Then unite them by placing articulations before vowels, giving most force to the vowel, but make both clear and distinct. Then use articulations both before and after the vowel, still giving the vowel the most force, but making the articulation that begins and ends equally distinct and clear. To arrange these for your practice in this small book would take too much space. You have above each element of the English language clearly shown, and can easily combine them as directed.
SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND VOCAL GYMNASTICS.
1. Standing Position. 2. Speaker's " 3. Sitting Position. 4. Change " 5. Poise. 6. Rise on Toes. 7. Holding Book.
1. Active and Passive Chest. 2. Arms at Side. 3. Fore-arm Vertical. 4. Percussion. Full Arm. 5. " Hands on Chest.
1. Body bend forward and back. 2. " " right and left. 3. " turn " " 4. Neck bend forward and back. 5. " " right and left. 6. " turn " "
NOTE.--_Be sure and keep_ ACTIVE CHEST _in all vocal exercises_.
1. Abdominal. 2. Costal. 3. Dorsal. 4. Puff. 5. Puff--Pause between. 6. " Breathe " 7. Holding Breath.
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.
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.
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.
1. Whisper. 2. Aspirate. 3. Pure. 4. Orotund.
NOTE.--_Use exercises under Pitch, Nos. 2 and 3, with different degrees of force._
1. Radical. 2. Median. 3. Terminal. 4. Thorough. 5. Compound. 6. Tremolo.
NOTE.--_Use exercises under Pitch, Nos. 2 and 3, with different rates of movement._
NOTE.--_Use only sounds represented by Italicized letters in the words and letters below._