vitalized bodily movements--movements which arouse and develop all the true
conditions of tone; movements which allow the voice to sing spontaneously.

The fundamental conditions of singing demanded by Nature we find are as
follows:

Natural or automatic adjustment of the organ of sound, and of all the
parts.

Approximation of the breath bands.

Inflation of all the cavities.

Non-interference above the organ of sound.

Automatic breath-control.

Freedom of form and action of all the parts above the larynx.

High placing and low resonance.

Automatic articulation.

Mental and emotional vitality or energy.

Free, flexible, vitalized bodily position and action.

It is not my intention here to enlarge upon these conditions to any extent.
I have already done so in my last book, "Position and Action in Singing." I
know many writers on the voice, and many teachers, do not agree with me on