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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...of the lips, as small as possible. This arrangement corresponds to the deepest resonance of which the mouth is capable. The fundamental tone itself of the vocal chords is here reinforced, while the higher tones retreat. The vowel "o" requires a somewhat wider opening of the mouth. The overtones which lie in the neighborhood of the middle b of the soprano come out strongly in the case of this vowel. When "Ah" is sounded, the mouth assumes the shape of a funnel, widening outward. It is thus tuned to a note an octave higher than in the case of the vowel "o." Hence, in sounding "Ah," those overtones are most strengthened which lie near the higher b of the soprano. As the mouth is in this case wide open, all the other overtones are also heard, though feebly. In sounding "a" and "k," the hinder part of the mouth is deepened, while the front of the tongue rises against the gums and forms a tube; this yields a higher resonance-tone, rising gradually from "a" to "e," while the hinder hollow space yields a lower resonance-tone, which is deepest when "e" is sounded. These examples sufficiently illustrate the subject of vowel sounds. We may blend in various ways the elementary tints of the solar spectrum, producing innumerable composite colors by their admixture. Out of violet and red we produce purple, and out of yellow and blue we produce white. Thus also may elementary sounds be blended so as to produce all possible varieties of clang tint. After having resolved the human voice into its constituent tones, Helmholtz was able to imitate these tones by tuning-forks, and, by combining them appropriately together, to produce the sounds of all the vowels. § 18. Kundfs Experiment...
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130767221
- ISBN 13 9781130767223
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages116
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