The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1902-06-19

| ,;tl ooc;aIly this nust be es-
CT.
III - ,ndor,ook with the interest
-, 49, a,oro,ion of Theodore Thomas an
-, ,,,i,h a cIoss of children tax.
e., a., ,,,hIio scbools GOOD bad
10. os raoorded voice
a,1 ,n,,.ioo1 aor A few ,nontbs
-. -,;.h th;o cIasa convinced both
hinsolf and Mr. Thomas that his prin-
a;n1oa roro riobt onas The effect np-
on tho chi,dren was more far reaching
thor be had exnected and he found
that ,ho rrodrction If a nobler voice
ho5 o,,onod nm a pathway to the inner
i,,r,loas and yas reactinp upon the
nbvs;cal and moral heinz of the chill
dren
This essential tone he calls feryent
VOICE 7. il fine vital nriuciple of sing
,pp the language of the inner self
"Tbere il in ordinary use, says Mr..
Tonlins "a less valuable material
which we NAV term nbysical voice, and
much time and money are often wasted
in irving TO aualifv il for the powers
of the nobler substance. for u higher
misaion than II is can,.ble OF fulfilling"
A still coarser material, the strained
and misused voice he calls the shrewd
voice This is not only unpleasant to
the listener but burtful 70 the singer
II NAV me easilv recognized and must
not he permitted To get at the golden
gerr which IL within every voice and
devalon If into strength and beauty
,,,,.t ba tba aim ~ tho teacher
Faryont yoice the aoul If sneech. de.
m,pda tbe whole attention Of the sneak.
ar II nv mind wanders while | am
sneaking TO Won. Won know at once that
nv thopgbts ARE elsewhere soul
of the voice il gone and what | am say
ING will make but little impression up
on Won There is little of this concen.
tration in ordinary singing which is
WHY much Of if is 40 lifeless. II is of
course dif,icult TO get children TO this
noint of tension 10 ronse them from
their Indifference. -bnt Mr. Tomlins
savs that there il far foo little tension.
II cannot be hurtful when not contin-
nod too long Their. must be treatment
neriods of letting down Attention
tension. concentration, are the steps,
Then relaxation. and the same process
repeated
To arouse the vitality necessary for
these stems. and also to allow rcouisite
relaxation Mr. TOmiips rses certain
movement exercises, which have been
gathered from various systems and
set after much experiment to the most
appropriate and suggestive music. These
in connection with some simple vocal
and breathing evercises are intended
to soften fine Inns relax the law. the
hands and arms. in lure deem breathing
through the nostrils and a habit of
standing well forward instead Of on the
heels in a word Ia do away with the
varions forms If aelf.consciousness ar
physicol assertion and nrepare for the
EXPRESSION of the real self Briefly. the
conditions nee, .larv to fine PRODUCTION
~ rood voice a,e these.
m Soft singing which will weed ont
fine imnrrities If tome
%, Hiyb voice becapse tbe wrong.
doing in singing ganar,IlIv ro,nes from
too loud sneaking or sinyino in the Iow-
or mart NJ fine voice There il . preva.
Ient notion thot cb;,dror corno, or
shouId NOT SING bigb bnt the natural
v,ice of a child ia reaIIv bigbar than
that 81 tha overooe sonrono and tba
cbild's Iarvnx il smaller
Cu Ac,iye s,riIi,, foco hocorso anil.
inc ralave. ,he throat ana rod,cos ,ho
nhvsicoI effort
| ln A Lana dro,,,, hroa,b Doo,, hrooth
irg IL associotod with don,h 80 faoli,o.
nr,fonnd an,otio,s oors NJ Tor,li,s
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