| PAGE |
| To the Pupil |
| Introduction | 1 |
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| PART I |
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| STUDIES IN VOCAL INTERPRETATION |
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| Preliminary Study:—To Establish a Conscious Purpose. | 11 |
| Discussion:—The Relation of the Speaker to His Audience. |
| Material:—Direct Appeal in Prose and Verse, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| First Study:—To Establish Vitality in Thinking. | 56 |
| Discussion:—Action of the Mind in Reading Aloud. |
| Material:—The Essay and Didactic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| Second Study:—To Establish Intelligence in Feeling. | 87 |
| Discussion:—Emotional Response and Abandon. |
| Material:—Lyric Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| Third Study:—To Develop the Whimsical Sense. | 135 |
| Discussion:—Humor and Fancy. |
| Material:—Fairy Story, Fable, and Nonsense Rhyme, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| Fourth Study:—To Develop Imaginative Vigor. | 168 |
| Discussion:—The Picture, the Atmosphere, the Action. |
| Material:—Short Story and Epic Poetry, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| Fifth Study:—To Develop Dramatic Instinct. | 220 |
| Discussion:—Impersonation and Characterization. |
| Material:—Monologue and Play, with Suggestive Analysis. |
| Selections for Interpretation. |
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| PART II |
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| STUDIES IN VOCAL EXPRESSION |
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| Introductory Discussion:—The Vocal Vocabulary. | 249 |
| Study in Pause and Change of Pitch. |
| Study in Inflection. |
| Study in Tone Color. |
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| PART III |
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| STUDIES IN VOCAL TECHNIQUE |
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| Introductory Discussion:—Tuning the Instrument. | 295 |
| How to Support the Tone. Directions and Exercises. |
| How to Free the Tone. Directions and Exercises. |
| How to Re-enforce the Tone. Directions and Exercises. |
