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12 All consonants must be made by tongue or lips.

DON'T MOVE THE JAW. Fix the eyes on some spot in the room during vocalizing; it helps to keep head and jaws still.)

In Exs. 6 and 8, take breath between each attack. In taking breath the vocal cords must be open, and in attacking the note brought sharply together again.



In Chapter III the head-tones were attacked and brought down the scale; on this principle all the registers are blended, and the voice made even.

Below are the various ideas held by some leading choirmasters as to the "division-notes" or boundaries of the various registers in the boy's voice:

The registers in a boy's voice are chest, medium (upper and lower), and head. In the first example the word