PART SECOND.

_VITALITY._




ARTICLE ONE.

THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF ARTISTIC TONE--PRODUCTION.


The first principle of artistic tone-production is

_The Removal of All Restraint_.

The theory founded upon this principle is as follows: Correct tone is the
result of certain conditions demanded by Nature, not man's ideas. These
conditions are dependent upon form and adjustment; and form and adjustment,
to be right, must be automatic, and not the result of direct or local
effort.

The devices used for developing the above conditions are simple vocal
exercises which are favorable to correct form and adjustment, and are
studied and made to influence the voice through correct position and
action.

A correct system for training and developing the voice must be based upon