The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature .. . Reproach The best course that can be pursued toprepare the voice for speaking within ashort time, is to repeat all the elementarysounds several times in succession; thendeclaim a few select passages; first, withordinary force, in the middle pitch; then,progressively elevate the pitch and increasethe force and the rate of utterance; lastly,go over them two or three times in thedeepest and lowest tone you can reach. 28 THE ART OF NATURAL PITCH OF VO


The American literary reciter; readings, delcamations and plays, original compositions and choice selections of the best literature .. . Reproach The best course that can be pursued toprepare the voice for speaking within ashort time, is to repeat all the elementarysounds several times in succession; thendeclaim a few select passages; first, withordinary force, in the middle pitch; then,progressively elevate the pitch and increasethe force and the rate of utterance; lastly,go over them two or three times in thedeepest and lowest tone you can reach. 28 THE ART OF NATURAL PITCH OF VOICE. Every person has some pitch of voicein which he converses, sings and speakswith greater effect and facility than in anyother. It should be an object of constantsolicitude, with every person who desires tobecome a good speaker or reader, to findwhat is the natural pitch of his voice. Innocent Coyness HOW TO ACQUIRE A CONTROL OP THE VOICE IN EITHER HIGH OR LOW KEY. By exercising the voice with great force,for a short time in a low key—paradoxicalas it may seem—you will immediatelyafterward be able to speak with muchgreater ease upon a high key; and by ex-ercising the voice with great force in a veryhigh pitch, you will be able within a shorttime afterward, to read or speak, withgreater ease than before, on a low or verylow pitch.


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