Speakers, Singers and Stammerers

Object of the Work. Speaking and Singing. Stammering. How
a child gains the power of Speech. Progress checked by am-
bitious nurse. Singing more natural than Speaking. Rising
and falling Inflections conventional. Singing in Welsh Ser-
mons. Monotone. Inflections of the Voice. Difficulties of
Stammerers. Expenses in curing Stammering. Exercises
useful to parents, nurses, teachers, weak-chested persons, ener
vated constitutions, singers, speakers, and preachers. Scar-
city of Singing Teachers

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Description of Lungs. Thorax. Intercostal Muscles. Diaphragm.

Inhaling. Abdominal Muscles. Exhaling. Respiration.

Trachea. Air-Cells. Lungs in relation to the Voice. Car-

tilages of Larynx. Volunteers. Clerks. Lung Exercises.

Singing. Speaking. Walking. Running. Wrestling. Box-

ing. Boating

CHAPTER IV.

THE LARYNX.

The Wind-pipe. Glottis. Thyroid Cartilage.

Cricoid Carti-

lage. Arytenoid Cartilages. Vocal Cords. Ventricles or

Pouches. False Vocal Cords. Epiglottis. The Laryngo-

scope. Pitch regulated by tubes and cavities. Whispering.

Jews' Harp. Eulenstein. Humming. Whistling. Wind In-

struments. Vocal Cords and Cavities. Voce di petto. Har-

monics. Forcing the Voice. Voce di gola. Chest and

Falsetto Notes. Three positions of Larynx in Singing. Os-

hyoides. Thyro-hyoid Muscle. Sterno-thyroid. Crico-thy-

roid. Fibres of Trachea. Voce di testa. Breaks in a Voice

CHAPTER V.

SINGING LESSONS.

Girls and Boys. Infant Schools. Singing by Notes. First change

of Voice. Second change. Rest required for Girls. Boys and

Men. Teachers hard to find. How to test a Singing Master.

Private Lessons. Chorus Singing

CHAPTER VI.

VOICE TRAINING.

Various Species of Male and Female Voices. Length of Vocal

Cords. Mezzo Soprano and Baritone. Localities remarkable

for peculiar Voices. Four Basses reckoned as sixteen. Open

and obscure Voices. Rules. Harmonium. Piano. Ear.

Preparing Notes. Bucketing. My cheeild. N'Amen. Breath.

Fatigue or Strain. Lung Exercises. Weak chests. Ring of

the Voice. Throating. Ventricles or Pouches. Howling

Monkeys. False Vocal Cords. Glottis. Vowels used in

Training. Groined Arches. Uvula and Tonsils. Result of

neglect. Corn-crakes .

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CHAPTER VII.

THE MOUTH.

Muscular arrangements. Necessity of Exercises.

of Mouth. List of Muscles.

Articularis oris. Lower Lip.

ANALYSIS OF ARTICULATE SOUNDS.

Articulation produced by muscular action. Vowels. Diagram.

How to shape the Mouth. Looking-glass. Grimaces. Com-

pound Vowel Sounds. Continuous Consonants. Explosive.

Partly Continuous and partly Explosive. Whispering Conso-

Welsh sound of ch and . Semi-vowels. Tabular

arrangement of Letters. Redundant Letters

Difference between Speech and Singing. Speaking in Falsetto.

Alto and Bass in a Village Choir. Bad habits of Speaking to

be avoided during the breaking of the Voice. Lung Exercises.

Cultivation of Voice. Expression. Sermons. Bible Lessons.

Educated Clergymen. Intoning. S. Augustine. S. Ninian.

Archbishop Cranmer. Want of Rhythm in modern special

Prayers. Singing useful. Vocalizing. Articulation. Method

of using Exercises. Rules for Speaking and Reading. Keend.

Keeind. Pyson. Throating. Imitation. Stooping. Me-

chanical Difficulties. Mental Power. Reading the Bible

different from any other style of Reading

CHAPTER X.

STAMMERING AND STUTTERING.

Causes which

Difficulty in

Difference between Stammering and Stuttering.

induce Stammering. Empty Lung. Full Lung.

producing the Speaking Tones of the Larynx. Unkindness

to Stammerers dangerous. Heartlessness and ignorance of

teachers and parents. Taking my breath away. Fear.

Weakness increased by Stammering. Oxygenizing the Blood.

Respiration. Carbonic acid. Use of Lung Exercises to

Stammerers. Laryngeal Exercises. Articulating Exercises.

Consonants and Vowels formed without sound. Looking-

glass. Whispering, a test. Singing. Speaking on one note.

Rising and falling Inflections. Speak slowly. Rebellious

words. Cowardice. Vanity. Selfishness. Hot slops. Ath-

letic Exercises. Appropriate Athletic Exercises for Ladies.

Do nothing to be ashamed of

Directions for use of Lung Exercises. Extension Motions.
Inhaling slowly. Exhaling. Explanation of Symbols .
Exercises I. and II. Chiefly for the Lungs, and partly for the
Larynx and Mouth

CHAPTER XII.

SPEAKING EXERCISES.