Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore.

  • Helmore, Frederick.
Date:
1874
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Credit: Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vi CONTENTS. CHAPTER IV. THE LARYNX. The Wind-pipe. Glottis. Thyroid Cartilage. Cricoid Carti- lage. Arytenoid Cartilages. Vocal Cords. Ventricles or Pouches. False Vocal Cords. Epiglottis. The Laryngo- scope. Pitch regulated by tubes and cavities. Whispering. Jews'Harp. Eulenstein. Humming. Whistling. Wind In- struments. Vocal Cords and Cavities. Voce di petto. Har- monics. Forcing the Voice. Voce di gola. Chest and Falsetto Notes. Three positions of Larynx in Singing. Os- hyoides. Thyro-hyoid Muscle. Stemo-thyroid. Crico-thy- roid. Fibres of Trachea. Voce di testa. Breaks in a Voice CHAPTER V. SINGING LESSONS. Girls and Boys. Infant Schools. Singing by Notes. First change of Voice. Second change. Rest required for Giris. Boys and Men. Teachers hard to find. How to test a Singing Master. Private Lessons. Chorus Singing CHAPTER VL VOICE TRAINING. Various Species of Male and Female Voices. Length of Vocal Cords. Mezzo Soprano and Baritone. Localities remarkable for peculiar Voices. Four Basses reckoned as sixteen. Open and obscure Voices. Rules. Harmonium. Piano. Ear. Preparing Notes. Bucketing. Mycheeild. N'Amen. Breath. Fatigue or Strain. Lung Exercises. Weak chests. Ring of the Voice. Throating. Ventricles or Pouches. Howling Monkeys. False Vocal Cords. Glottis. Vowels used in Training. Groined Arches. Uvula and Tonsils. Result of neglect. Corn-crakes CHAPTER VIL THE MOUTH. Muscular arrangements. Necessity of Exercises. Laziness in use of Mouth. List of Muscles. Upper Lip. Angle of Mouth. Articularis oris. Lower Lip. Lower Jaw. Muscles of the Tongue