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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: in excessive grief, or any plaintive emotion; but it requires an accomplished vocal artist to Hm; it so as to produce the effect desired. 'tO. Personation. By Personation we understand the apt introduction of those modulations or changes of voice necessary to represent two or more persons as speaking; or appropriate to the dramatic character of the person whose language is supposed to be uttered. 41. Low Pitch. The low pitch is that which fulls below the tone of ordinary conversation. ' Nothing more unequivocally marks the accomplished speaker than a command over the low notes of his voice. To strengthen the voice in its low tones should be a constant endeavor; but it too often happens that the acquisition of a screaming high note is reckoned the desideratum in speaking. The low pitch is used in expressing awe, reverence, sublimity, and often in the tender emotions. Similes and parentheses in poetry form good examples for its practice. 42. middle Pitch. This is the key of common discourse, and that used for the expression of unimpassioned thought and moderate emotion. It is the key in which a speaker must usually deliver the greater part of his speech. A well-formed middle tone, and even a low one, should be capable of filling any room of not extraordinary dimensions. The neglect to strengthen the voice in these tones leads speakers to adopt the high, shouting note which we so often hear. Hamlet's Address to the Players should be mostly delivered in this Middle Pitch. 43. High Pitch. In calling to a person at a distance we generally employ what is called a high pitch of voice. This pitch, though uncommon in level speaking or reading, ought to be practiced, as it tends to give strength to the voice generally, and as it is frequently employed in public speaking ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217877619 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217877613 |
| Weight | 1.98 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.37 In |
| List Price | $26.25 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 618 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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