Chapter 14

SOME SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS OF PRINCIPLES IN TONE-PRODUCTION.

Principles and their expression in a few exercises--Analysis of the methods of tone-production--The sustained tone--Smoothly linked tones--The legato--The staccato and kindred effects--The mechanisms concerned--Perfection requires years of careful practice--The bel canto and the swell--The same exercises for singer and speaker--"Forward," "backward," etc., production--Escape of breath--The action of the soft palate--When to use "forward" and when "backward" production--Voice-placement--Nasal resonance, not nasal twang--Summary 207