111
Marcato production, 209
Marchesi, Madame, teaching of,

159
Men, register of, 234
Messages, Auditory, 250
Methods, correct, 22, 23

faulty, 32
Middle production, 214
Midriff, see diaphragm
Mind, 210
Mirror, use of, 235
Mouth, as a resonance chamber,
221
resonator, 143

cavity, 149

respiration, 131

toilet of, 262
Movements, 192
Muscles, 36, 82

abdominal, 66
Muscular action, 71

mechanism, 42

movements, 179
Music, 243

appreciation of, 247

intellectuality in, 256

intelligence in, 108

interpretation of, 21
Musical artist, 198

ear, 31

prodigy, 243

faculty develops early, 115

faults, 258

soundis, practical range of,
102

tones, 231



280



INDEX



Musician, fundamental qualities
of, 246

N

Nasal chambers, 144, 149, 214
Nasality, 231
Nerve-cells, 38
Nervous centres, 39
impulses, 244, 250
system, 38
Nervousness, 274
Neuro-muscular mechanisms, 17,
42, 181

processes, 183
system, 43
New language, learning of, 224
Noise, 218



Open mouth, 203, 204, 217
Ordinary speech, 230
Overtones, 231, 235



Palate, cleft, 149

hard, 149, 213

soft, 145, 214, 216, 231
Phonation, 192, 193

breath in, 130

example of, 193
Physics, principles of involved,

135
Physiological considerations, 34-
43

teachings, 26, 31
Piano production, 259
Pillars of the fauces, 145
Pitch, 101, 136, 150, 214

favorite, 273
Portamento production, 258



Practical considerations, 88
Practice, 132. 185-192

best time to, 186, 187

by wrong method, 191

for sustained tone, 132

methods of, 194
Puberty, at, 112, 138

in boys, 114, 115

in girls, 113
Public singing, age to begin, 115

speaking, 212
Pumping, 259



Quality, 101, 136, 214



R and b, interval between, 225
Reed, long, 157

short, 157
Reflex action, 40
Reflexes, associated, 183

protective character of, 58,
59

sets of, 184
Register, 233

change in, 169, 177

chest, 160

definition of, 176

in female voices, 160

of ba^ls and barytones, 170

of tenors, 170
Registers, 151-178

Behnke on, 155, 156, 167

Garcia on, 155

Mackenzie on, 156, 167, 168

Madame Seiler on, 153, 165,
170

Mandl on, 158



INDEX



281



^Resonance chambers, 102, 136,
i^n-ifin^ 175, 182, 198,
213, 223, 224, 228, 234
in sounding bodies, 140
of musical instruments, 140,
141
Resonants, 228
Resonator, 148
Respiration, 46, 48, 68, 69
forced, 119
hygiene of, 55
mouth, 131
Respiratory centre, 57, 58, 172
efficiency, 124
organs, 47
system, 37
tract, 26

S

Science, 17

Scripture, Prof. 