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Excerpt from The Speaking Voice: A Collection of Vocal Exercises There is much discussion as to the relative merits of technical and expressional exercises for vocal development. It is only the extremist that decrys either form of exercise; as both are essential, - the expressional generally accompanying and always supplementing the technical. Part I of this book is devoted strictly to technical exercises, Part III to expressional exercises, while both forms are included among the Exercises of Precision in Part II. The exercises of one part of this book should never be used exclusively; but exercises from all parts of the book should be used simultaneously, No attempt is made herein at an exhaustive treatise of the Speaking Voice or a theoretical discussion of Vocal Problems, - such treatment must be deferred for a later volume. The author herein presents a series of practical exercises which he has found, through a teaching experience of many years, to be helpful and developing. This volume is planned for use in the class-room, the private studio, and by the individual as a means of self-culture. The author wishes to gratefully acknowledge permission from J. B. Lippineott Company to print excerpts from the poem by T. B. Reed entitled "Drifting." Poems by H. W. Longfellow and 0. W. Holmes are also used by permission of, and special arrangement with, Houghton Mifflin Company, the authorized publishers. By special permission, several of the exercises of this volume are taken from Clara Kathleen Rogers' excellent book entitled "English Diction." Dr. Frederick Martin, director of Speech Improvement in New York City Schools, has also kindly granted the use of several exercises found in his "Manual of Speech Training." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Speaking Voice
• Subtitle: A Collection of Vocal Exercises (Classic Reprint)
• Author: George C. Williams
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76
• EAN: 9781330042243
• ISBN: 9781330042243
• ID: 09457383
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Weight: 113 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. June 2015

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