Speakers, singers and stammerers / by Frederick Helmore.

  • Helmore, Frederick.
Date:
1874
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    be to assimilate the qualities throughout, so that the changes from one to the other are not perceptible. As soon as attention to the above directions is neglected, singing ceases and sounds are produced which cannot mingle with other voices and instruments; instead of sweet warblings to melt the heart, wild shrieks split the ear, instead of fine manly notes we hear cries of despair; music has vanished, and the sound of corn-crakes is heard in the land. Note—Study the rules in Chapter IX., which apply to singers as much as to speakers. CHAPTER VII. THE MOUTH. gEFORE proceeding to analyse articulate sounds it will be advisable to give an idea of the muscular arrange- ments which are provided for the requisite movements of the jaw, tongue, and lips. This is done for the reasons stated at the beginning of this work, which are to impress upon the reader the necessity of going through a series of exercises which shall tend to strengthen and improve the elasticity of the muscles, and so facilitate their free action in speaking and singing. The neglect of muscular activity which is displayed by the majority of speakers and singers, the lazi- ness with which they open their mouths and use the lips and tongue is one cause of stammering, and the obstacle which prevents the words of singers, preachers, and pubhc speakers being heard distinctly. A Hst is therefore subjoined of the principal muscles used in enunciation. The reader will then understand the motive in preparing the exercises on vowels,