Moving Picture Age (1920) . ween voice production and vi-bration. This is Marys first lesson in voice her hand on the bass viol, and Miss Cavan singingO in a deep contralto, little Mary is impelled to imitatethe sound. She opens her mouth. The poor, unusedvocal chords emit a guttural rasp, but Miss Cavan smilesencouragingly. They try again. It is better. Again andagain, little Mary plays at making Os with her mouthuntil Miss Cavan is quite pleased. In twenty minutesthe first lesson is over. Mary has had her first lesson in voice placing. Shehas sung D in the scale of G major (most
Moving Picture Age (1920) . ween voice production and vi-bration. This is Marys first lesson in voice her hand on the bass viol, and Miss Cavan singingO in a deep contralto, little Mary is impelled to imitatethe sound. She opens her mouth. The poor, unusedvocal chords emit a guttural rasp, but Miss Cavan smilesencouragingly. They try again. It is better. Again andagain, little Mary plays at making Os with her mouthuntil Miss Cavan is quite pleased. In twenty minutesthe first lesson is over. Mary has had her first lesson in voice placing. Shehas sung D in the scale of G major (most of us remem-ber it by the two sharps) and knows exactly just whatshe must do to make the sound again. And so day byday, she adds to her scale until soon she is able tothink several sounds. And when she has learned tothink of the sounds, she will be able to produce is just what the embryo opera singer does whenshe learns how to place her voice. Her instructorsounds a note on the piano, the singer imitates it until. Little Mary, aged three and a half, discovers that she can sing just like her teacher. Miss Cavan. A motion picture was taken of her as she was learning to read Miss Cavans lips. the tone is clear and true. Then the singer learns tocontrol her breath, sounding the tone, diminishing thevolume of breath behind it, then swelling to a crescendo,until she is able to control the single tone at will. Butbefore this can be done, the singer must think the tonejust as little Mary does. Mary is but one of the several children. Her littlefriends are of dififerent ages. When she is a year or twoolder, she will enter their class and stand behind thepiano while another teacher. Miss Grace, plays songsfor them. And they will all place their hands on the 12 MOVING PICTURE AGE September, 1920 piano and listen to the music. When Mary is oldenough to do this, she will be able to speak and thenshe will learn about rhythm. For the children withtheir hands on the piano follow the
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