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32. Exercise. a. Keeping in mind the clear, open, forward quality of the ah, sound alternately the vowels ah—oh—ah, on the note a.

Repeat frequently.

AH

OH AH он AH

b. Do the same with ah and ay. C. Do the same with ah and oo. Do the same with ah and ee.

d.

33.

Exercise. a. Sound the notes below, alter

nating ah—oh—ah, thus:

АН ОН АН

АН ОН АН

АН ОН АН ОН АН

b.

Do the same with ah and ay.

C. Do the same with ah and oo.

d. Do the same with ah and ee.

34. Exercise. a. Sound the notes below, alternating ah and oh, thus:

АН ОН АН ОН АН

АН ОН АН ОН АН

АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН

b. Do the same with ah and ay.

C.

d.

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Do the same with ah and oo.

Do the same with ah and ee.

Exercise. a. Sound the notes below, alter

nating ah and oh, thus:

b. Do the same with ah and ay.

C. Do the same with ah and oo.

d.

Do the same with ah and ee.

АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН

АН ОН АН ОН АН ОН АН

АН ОН АН

NOTE: It will be helpful when practicing these exercises if the mental and emotional attitude of pupils is properly directed. If the pupil is alert, interested, quick to respond to suggestion; and if he is happy and enjoys the exercise—as one has put it, "if there is a cheery smile" in the tones-the value of these exercises will be tripled. The teacher should use the utmost tact and patience and skill to make the practice a happy one. If the teacher or pupils rebel against the work or are indifferent to it, the greater part of its value is lost.

36. Mixed vowel sounds. Without giving further attention for the present to tone quality, let us examine the other unobstructed elements of our speech, namely the Mixed Vowel Sounds.

the learner may be untrue, or the sounds imitated may not be good models. Learning by position may be difficult because of physical peculiarities

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THE OO SOUND-FRONT

of the learner and resultant awkwardness in adjusting the speech organs. The surest way is to se both methods.

Exercise. Pronounce first the vowel sound, hen the word in the list given on the preceding

page, beginning with oo and ending with ee. Note carefully the positions of the organs of

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speech as each is pronounced. If the sound oo is correctly made, the mouth will be elongated to its greatest extent from front to rear; the cheeks will be flattened and drawn in against the teeth;

the lips will be pushed forward and puckered, and the soft palate and the tongue drawn backward,

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leaving the longest and narrowest possible opening from front to rear. The aperture between the lips is small and rounded.

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