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75» 77» 9°» 95* psychological approach, 75,
77. 79* 96
Breath pressure, 88, 91, §2, 152, 166; con­trols dynamics, 169, 170; related to pitch, 72,106, 107
Breathing, a vital process, 94; affected by emotion, 77, 79-80; and phonauon, 69, 77; concepts, 6§9 78, 92, 94, 96; efficiency, #§» 94* 95; faults, 72; influenced by fear, 40; mouth and nose, 87; muscles, de­velopment of, 72; physiological factors, 73; postural controls, 80; pre-vocal train­ing* 72, §5; problems discussed, 94, 255; respiratory* function described, io, 69, 72; silent, 88; theories and methods, 93-95; voluntary, 6g, 83, 84, 94, §5
Breathing action, 74,77,81; abdominal, 73; clavicular, 83* 124; cnordinations, 74; costal. 73; deep, 40, 88, 119; diaphragma­tic, 75* 85; frequency, 88, 92; mechanism, §g; muscles* 170; oxygen requirement, 75; quantitative factors* 88; rapid, 88; rhy thins* 79, §s; speed of, 92; technical approach, 8c* Si, 95, 104
BrcatMa* devices and exercises, artificial, 77; candle £ame test, 91; laughing, 80; patting, 80; sighing, So; startled mhala-iian» So; various Mats, So, 93; yawning,
75* So
Br-ocas arca» a 12 Broacbi, 134 Bitot am voice, 43
Ca£a*eric dissections, 4, 107, 12S
Careless teaching practices, 8
Cartilages, adjustable, 98
Ctaiso, xoj, nSr 155,159, 209, 223
Categories, total number of, 244
Cerebral, ccnex, us; dominance, us
Cervical -lextebrxe* 255
Chanting, defied, s§§
Cbaran.gr bnildiag benefits, m
Cheeis, i«S„ 145
Cbesr, 3kscs» 153; capacity, 73; cavity, 69, Bs, SjT tag, 135, 137, 158, 145, 155; de­fined, is, expansion. Si; heaving of, 83; posiuc-s, $2; register, 250, 151, 15a; re-scaasct, 154. »35» 337» 138, 151, 90a
Ghilirezfs *©cal range, 150
Gatufviag vcices, arguments against, 50, %
Qawtaag voices, criteria for, 50, 65; de­fect 4|
Collar bone, 82
Color vocal, 50, 140, 222, 234; defined, 233
Compass (vocal), 65, 151, 158, 228; average,
147; defined, 147; singable, 162, 1%
vocable, 162
Concentration, 31, 58, 181; antidote for
fear, 40; aid to, 57 Concepts, arrangements of, 244; correla­tions of, 12; defined, 11; derivation of, 13, 266; fundamental 2; homogeneity of, 13; summation of, 245
Consonants, 144, 197, 205; and vowels in­terrelated, 207; as antivocal elements, 208, 212; as interrupters of rhythm, 209; con­nection of, 232; defined, 193, 195; dic­tion of, 203; importance of, 195; produc­tion of, 207; sonancy of, 195
Contralto, 149
Controversial questions, 2, 13, 245
Coordination, 25, 26, 27, 46, 62; and equi­librium, 27; and relaxation, 36, 38; a technical objective, 61; defined, 27, in; dynamic factors, 27; its importance, 242; time factor in, 26; total, 101
Cord, stretching action, 107, 124, 151, 163; tone, 195
Correctives, vocal, 48, 65
Coughing, a device, 118, 121, 241
Coup de glotte, 121
Cranium, attachments to, 107, 108, n6, 126
Creative ability, 68, 242
Crescencini, 173
Cricoid cartilage, 153, 106, 108, 124, 126
Crico-arytenoid muscles, 107, 163
Crico-pharyngeus, muscle, 126
Ciico-thyroid, muscle, 106, 151, 163
Critical, defined, 184
Decibel, defined, 167
Declamation in singing, 45, 226
Definitions, list of terms, 245
Diagnostic methods, 65
Diaphragm, 73, 74, 81, 82, 85, 86, 95, 101, 170,183; action of, 69, 73,86, 87,124,170, 253, 241; in phonation, 112; tensions in, 37» 85* 86; vital capacity, 87
Diminishing and swelling, 173
Discipline, vocal, 66
Diphthong, defined, 204
Diction, 28,140,141, 237; artificial, 213; de­fined, ii, 190; general considerations, 190, 192, 210; in singing, 192, 204, 212; lingual controls, 203, 213; methods of cultivating, 196, 212; physical controls, 204; psychological approach, 196; silent