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OverviewPurchase 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: THE PRINCIPLES OF ELOCUTION, Part First.?Pronunciation. I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 1. Speech is the audible result of a combination of mechanical processes, separately under the government of volition, and conventionally expressive of ideas. 2. As. in learning to play upon an instrument of music, it is indispensable to be practically acquainted with its mechanical principles, so, in stud) ing the Art of Speech, it is of consequence that the learner be familiar with the structure and working of the instrument of Speech. 3. But this important fundamental knowledge is not anatomical in its nature. The pianist does not require to understand the arrangement of the interior of his instrument, ?its pegs and wires, and hammers and dampers ?but to be familiar with its keys, and with the principles of digital transition, so that he may gallop over its gamuts without stop or stumble: The violinist needs not to know the details of shape and fastening of the parts of the fiddle-frame, but he must have perfect acquaintance with the working of the pegs, the stopping of the strings, and the drawing of the bow: The flutist does not require acknowledge of the arts of turning and boring the block from which his instrument is formed, or of the mathematical calculations and nice relative measurements which regulate the holing; but he must thoroughly understand how to blow, to tongue, and to govern the ventages, so as to make it discourse its eloquent music. And so, the Speaker does not require to learn of how many, and of what muscles and cartilages the larynx is formed, and by what sets of motors and antagonists the various organs of speech are influenced: such knowledge may be a welcome addition to his stock of information, but he cannot bring it into any practical use in spe... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander Melville BellPublisher: Kessinger Publishing Imprint: Kessinger Publishing Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9781120365170ISBN 10: 1120365171 Pages: 246 Publication Date: 01 October 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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