A Grammar of Elocution: Containing the Principles of the Arts of Reading and Speaking : Illustrated by Appropriate Exercises and Examples : Adapted to Colleges, Schools, and Private Instruction, the Whole Arranged in the Order in which it is Taught in Harvard UniversityA.H. Maltby, 1832 - 346 pages |
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... Rising Slide , Falling Slide , 69 71 Circumflex Slides , 72 • Elementary excrcises on the slides of the voice , 74 Radical Pitch , Particular combination of melody , arising from.
... Rising Slide , Falling Slide , 69 71 Circumflex Slides , 72 • Elementary excrcises on the slides of the voice , 74 Radical Pitch , Particular combination of melody , arising from.
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... slide when heard , is perceived to rise or fall in pitch only as a whole , and is therefore called a concrete sound . Such a slide , rising ... slide of the voice , and is more particularly designated by writers on Elocution the upward and ...
... slide when heard , is perceived to rise or fall in pitch only as a whole , and is therefore called a concrete sound . Such a slide , rising ... slide of the voice , and is more particularly designated by writers on Elocution the upward and ...
Page 69
... up- wards or downwards . The first figure of the scale com- mencing on line 1 , and reaching into space 2 , represents a rising slide of a second , the second figure a rising third , the third a rising fifth , the fourth a rising oc ...
... up- wards or downwards . The first figure of the scale com- mencing on line 1 , and reaching into space 2 , represents a rising slide of a second , the second figure a rising third , the third a rising fifth , the fourth a rising oc ...
Page 70
... rising slide of a second . Let the ' I ' be next pronounced alone with the same slide it had in the superscribed section of the sentence ; and the rising second cannot be mistaken afterwards . It is to be noticed that the intonation is ...
... rising slide of a second . Let the ' I ' be next pronounced alone with the same slide it had in the superscribed section of the sentence ; and the rising second cannot be mistaken afterwards . It is to be noticed that the intonation is ...
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... slide of an octave . Let the emphasis be rendered still stronger upon the ' I , ' and let the inter- rogation be rendered still more piercing and expressive of excessive surprise , and the slide will reach through the rising octave ...
... slide of an octave . Let the emphasis be rendered still stronger upon the ' I , ' and let the inter- rogation be rendered still more piercing and expressive of excessive surprise , and the slide will reach through the rising octave ...
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accented agreeable articulation aspiration Brutus cadence Cæsar called ceived cern concrete consonant degree delivery described diatonic scale discourse discrete downward slide earth effect Elocution Elocutionist emphasis employed equal wave example exercise expression extended quantity eyes falling ditone falling slide father fifth force forcible give Harfleur hath heard heart heaven high note Human Voice intervals light ligion long quantity Lord marked marked radical measure median stress ments monotony natural o'er octave pauses percussion persons plaintive practice praise prolonged pronounced pronunciation prosody public speaking quire racter radical pitch radical stress rise and fall rising slide semitone sentence short soul speak speaker speech sylla syllables TABLE OF CONSONANT TABLE OF VOWEL thee thine thing third thou art thought throne tion tone unequal wave unto utterance vanish vocal voice vowel elements vowel sounds words Δ Δ Δ ΙΔ