(2) Do the same with the following words: ale, arm, all, eel, old, ooze. (3) Give the sounds ō, i, ā, in the six Stresses in each of the eight Qualities, using the appropriate Forms of voice. (4) Give the same sounds in all the Stresses in the three Degrees of Force and the appropriate Forms. 8. Selection for all Stresses. NOTE. The "Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius" contains so great a variety of passion that all or nearly all the Stresses may be found in the selection. Let the student find these sentiments and read them in their appropriate Stresses. THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Cassius. That you have wrong'd me doth appear in this: You have condemn'd and noted Lucius Pella For taking bribes here of the Sardians; Wherein my letters, praying on his side, Because I knew the man, were slighted off. Brutus. You wrong'd yourself to write in such a case. That every nice offence should bear his comment. You know that you are Brutus that speak this, Cas. Chastisement ! Bru. Remember March, the ides of March remember: What villain touch'd his body, that did stab, Cas. Brutus, bay not me; I'll not endure it; you forget yourself, Bru. Cas. I am. Go to; you are not, Cassius. Bru. I say you are not. Cas. Urge me no more, I shall forget myself; Have mind upon your health, tempt me no farther. Bru. Away, slight man! Cas. Is't possible? Bru. Hear me, for I will speak. Must I give way and room to your rash choler? Shall I be frighted when a madman stares? Cas. O ye gods! ye gods! must I endure all this? Bru. All this! ay, more: fret till your proud heart break; Go show your slaves how choleric you are, And make your bondmen tremble. Must I budge? Bru. You say you are a better soldier: Let it appear so; make your vaunting true, And it shall please me well: for mine own part, I shall be glad to learn of noble men. Cas. You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus; I said an elder soldier, not a better: Did I say "better"? Bru. If you did, I care not. Cas. When Cæsar lived, he durst not thus have moved me. Bru. Peace, peace! you durst not so have tempted him. Cas. I durst not! Bru. No. Cas. What, durst not tempt him! Bru. For your life you durst not. Cas. Do not presume too much upon my love; I may do that I shall be sorry for. Bru. You have done that you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats, For I am arm'd so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which you denied me: By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring Το you for gold to pay my legions, Which you denied me: was that done like Cassius? When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, Cas. I did not: he was but a fool that brought My answer back. Brutus hath rived my heart: A friend should bear a friend's infirmities, But Brutus makes mine greater than they are. Bru. I do not like your faults. Cas. A friendly eye could never see such faults. Cas. Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, For Cassius is aweary of the world; Hated by one he loves; braved by his brother; My spirit from my eyes! There is my dagger, I, that denied thee gold, will give my heart: Strike, as thou didst at Caesar; for, I know, When thou didst hate him worst, thou lovedst him better Than ever thou lovedst Cassius. Bru. Sheathe your dagger: Be angry when you will, it shall have scope; Cas. When grief, and blood ill-temper'd, vexeth him? Cas. Bru. O Brutus ! What's the matter? Cas. Have you not love enough to bear with me, Bru. Yes, Cassius; and, from henceforth, CHAPTER IV PITCH Pitch is the location, variation, and succession of notes upon the scale. Location means the point in the compass of voice at which a sound is uttered; variation means the transition from one Degree of Pitch to another; and succession means the relative position and changes of the notes or words as they progress in utterance. Broadly speaking, Pitch represents the Mental nature. Man, the most intellectual of all beings, makes the most varied and complex use of Pitch to express his thoughts and emotions; while all of a class or family of lower animals employ the same set of changes of Pitch to convey their limited range of vocal expression. The above definition implies three subdivisions of Pitch, (1) Degree, (2) Change, and (3) Melody, - which correspond respectively to the Emotive, Mental, and Vital natures of man, as shown in the diagram which follows: SECTION I. DEGREE OF PITCH Degree of Pitch is the range or compass of voice from the lowest to the highest note, and the position on the scale in which tones or words are uttered. Degrees of Pitch mark plainly |