Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-29
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To THE GAZETrF.-Perhaps, dear |
readers, you-or some Of you-nover
have had the advantage of a college |
education, unsteady speaking, l
have, and to my Fort Worth friends
do / freely give few suggestions for
their musical advancement
The following are few hints on
singing, for which The GAZETTE IL to
be thanked: In the first place, buy a
book of "Pauserson's A. b. G.. of
Music, a little book which VII
cost you one dollar. A. b. g. sounds
babyfied, but II you digest and master
the a. b. q. you may rest assured you
ARE pretty good singer, provided you
follow my directions, hereinafter rec
commended,
In the first place, will mention the
tenor. He 10 u queer bird, so TO speak
Let him vocalize on the vowel 40. The
baritone and bass on o, as broad as pos
sible.
The musical vowels are A IL I o
u. Let every tone and semitone be
sung on these vowels, al
ways commencing on @. natural,
and use ala for the soprano and tenor
aud . for the baritone and bass There
are many good singers that imagine
because their. voices are good they
must ruin their rendition Of songs by
throaty or, L may say, squeezed
| tone This Ia all wrong. The promi-
nent English singers are prone to sing
throaty; the italian school Is "A dead
open and shut enuneiation. AS an
example, let the singer first distinctly
speak and pronounce the vowel or
word, then sing IL without pinching
or squeezing out the tone. This will
gradually form or build the voice TO
perfection.
Make no grlmace while singing, and
at practice use n small looking glass,
until perfection in facial expression
Ia effected. There is no nonsense about
II; IL you wish to become good singer
and an easy one.
Practice ease. What looks worse
than To look ut a singer who seems
distressed, or who gets on his toes to
give high noteP These faults ar
self-avoidable, If little care will be
observed. A singer, to be proficient,
should observe the following rules,
and the writer challenges masters tc
dispute the faets:
First, to POSSESSES a good voice.
Second, good ear and non stupidi-
ty; that Is to say, don't fall in love
with your own voice, but have suiil
Client intelligence 10 listen to your
friends criticisms. There never was
that singer but could be benefited bS
= criticism; IL does them good.
Loud singing Is not guarantee o
good work, nor IL a bugle note. A vo
calist may sing song very badly an(
end ON u high note TO effect applause
this Is not good singing Let SINCE
. do his or her song all the way through
neat and delightful TO listen 10, ant
use not one high note; that Is the slng
! er worth hearing,
) / could dwell on hints ON singing
and never tire, but space for thi
: time forblds. only remember this
practice every day, II only half M
, hour, commencing GU do to do or q Il
G, not singing loud, but quite soft
and In short time, my dear friends
you will perceivea great difference II
your voices. One thing more, Away
: read over the poetry Of your music ant
I feel that poetry-or, at least, feel wha
1 that poetry means--and when you mr.
> asked TO sing, don't put Oh airs, but
Z you are competent walk right 10 tn
: plano aud do your work like AS II yol
: were an old professional, This takes
every time, Bon BONNER.
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