Voice, song and speech : a practical guide for singers and speakers : from the combined view of vocal surgeon and voice trainer / by Lennox Browne and Emil Behnke.

  • Browne, Lennox, 1841-1902.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Voice, song and speech : a practical guide for singers and speakers : from the combined view of vocal surgeon and voice trainer / by Lennox Browne and Emil Behnke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATING THE SOFT PALATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS TONES. 1, 2. Anterior pillars of the fauces. 3, 4. Posterior pillars of the fauces. 5. Uvula. No. I. shows the soft palate in the production of the note F, as indicated in the picture. The reader's attention is called to the arch of the palate, 3, 5, 4, and he is requested to contrast it with the much greater height of that in No. II., representing the same throat during production of the note A. No. III. illustrates another change, and still greater elevation of the arch when singing C. The uvula in this case is seen to have almost completely disappeared. As a further contrast, No. IV. represents the soft palate in production of the same C as in No III., but with strong nasal quality. The whole palate and uvula are seen to have dropped on to the tongue : the space between the curtain of the palate and the back of the throat for the passage of the tone through the nostrils, is indicated by the very strong line of shadow which, as will be observed in the other pictures, had been gradually lessening in production of pure tone from the lower to the higher note.