"Elocutionary Manual.": The Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and Notations, for Pronunciation, Intonation, Emphasis, Gesture and Emotional ExpressionJ. P. Burbank, 1878 - 243 pages |
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Page vii
... MODULATION 110 General principles 6-7 Notation of pitch 8-11 III . FORCE AND TIME 112 Notation of do . 13-14 Common confusion of pitch and force 16 General principles 17-18 IV . EMOTIVE EXPRESSION 113 Necessity of Sentiment in reading ...
... MODULATION 110 General principles 6-7 Notation of pitch 8-11 III . FORCE AND TIME 112 Notation of do . 13-14 Common confusion of pitch and force 16 General principles 17-18 IV . EMOTIVE EXPRESSION 113 Necessity of Sentiment in reading ...
Page xxv
... modulation in reference to successions of sentences . But it is the same art in all its applications , governed by the same intellectual perception of relative proportion and comparative importance . The student is now referred to the ...
... modulation in reference to successions of sentences . But it is the same art in all its applications , governed by the same intellectual perception of relative proportion and comparative importance . The student is now referred to the ...
Page 76
... MODULATION OF THE VOICE . THE principles of intonation are either not understood , or they are most shamefully neglected . II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS . 5. Inflexions are either SIMPLE or COMPOUND in me- chanism . Simple inflexions ...
... MODULATION OF THE VOICE . THE principles of intonation are either not understood , or they are most shamefully neglected . II . MECHANISM OF THE INFLEXIONS . 5. Inflexions are either SIMPLE or COMPOUND in me- chanism . Simple inflexions ...
Page 106
... modulation . 80. Ordinary elocutionary Rules - especially those of the Series - render reading at sight impossible ; but , with such guiding Principles as the above , it is perfectly and effectively practicable . We have shown that the ...
... modulation . 80. Ordinary elocutionary Rules - especially those of the Series - render reading at sight impossible ; but , with such guiding Principles as the above , it is perfectly and effectively practicable . We have shown that the ...
Page 110
... MODULATION . 5. MODULATION has reference to the prevailing pitch of the inflexions in a passage , - to the " key " in which sentences are pronounced . 6. A change of modulation is always necessary to dis- tinguish Interrogations or ...
... MODULATION . 5. MODULATION has reference to the prevailing pitch of the inflexions in a passage , - to the " key " in which sentences are pronounced . 6. A change of modulation is always necessary to dis- tinguish Interrogations or ...
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Elocutionary Manual. the Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and ... Alexander Melville Bell No preview available - 2015 |
Elocutionary Manual. the Principles of Elocution, with Exercises and ... Alexander Melville Bell No preview available - 2018 |
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