Excerpt from The Choral Instruction Course for High Schools, Normal Schools, and Singing Societies The Voice. Before any attempts in reading music are made, the voice must be trained and classified. In training the voice the vital points are breath control, tone production, freedom of the throat, articulation and quality of tone. Voice culture can be carried on without a knowledge of reading music, simply using sustained tones, words formed upon the several vowels, scale intervals, and the scale in different keys. Instruction as to the care of the voice, and adapted to individual needs, should be given orally by the teacher. The training and development of the voice can only be partially accomplished at first, and the teacher should fully realize the importance of returning often throughout the course to this important subject. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.