speaking-voice

"I tightened my snare drum for the Beach Boys so it had a higher, speaking-voice sound," said Mr. Blaine.

Who Else Made More Hit Songs? Marc Myers 2011

It is no more necessary for children to recite in that horrible, rasping tone sometimes heard, than it is to sing with harsh tone; and if the same principles are applied to the speaking-voice as are herein given for the management of the singing-voice, in so far as they may be applicable, this harshness and coarseness may be avoided.

The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Francis E. Howard

Now, if pupils recite and speak with a noisy, rough tone, it will not be easy to secure sweet, pure tone from them when they sing; but, on the other hand, while they may be specially trained in good singing-tone, it will not, as a result, follow that the speaking-voice will be similarly modified.

The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Francis E. Howard

The speaking-voice also indicates the state of the vocal organs, and shows the effect of the break sooner than does the singing-voice.

The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Francis E. Howard

Now, while it is not within the scope of this work to discuss the relation of music to other studies in all of its bearings, it is yet clearly in line with its general tenor to suggest that the tone in singing will react upon the speaking-voice, and

The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Francis E. Howard

If, on the contrary, the speaking-voice is croaky and wavering, singing is difficult, if not impossible.

The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs Francis E. Howard

But a good, natural speaking-voice, free from extraordinary vices, will fill all the requirements of story-telling to small audiences, without other attention than comes indirectly from following the general principles of the art.

How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell Sara Cone Bryant

But a good, natural speaking-voice, free from extraordinary vices, will fill all the requirements of story-telling to small audiences, without other attention than comes indirectly from following the general principles of the art.

How to Tell Stories to Children, and Some Stories to Tell 1915

Her voice was one to stir all men: it needs not many words for a supremely beautiful "speaking-voice" to be recognized for what it is; and this girl's was like herself, hauntingly lovely.

The Flirt 1912

Practise in the falsetto voice develops a bright quality in the normal speaking-voice.

The Art of Public Speaking Dale Carnagey 1906