Chapter 12

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES UNDERLYING VOICE-PRODUCTION.

Artistic expression only through movements--Emotions and technique--Relation of ideas to movements--Memories and movements--Guiding sensations essential for movements--The principles underlying all movements the same--Associated reflexes and habits--How habits are formed--inhibitions and their importance--Early practices only before the teacher--Careful practice with concentration of energy the best--Queries as to practice--Fatigue a warning--Practice in the early hours of the day, and short of fatigue--Quality to be aimed at rather than quantity--The total amount of time to be devoted to practice--"Hasten slowly;" "Little and often"--The treatment of the voice ruined by wrong methods--Summary 179