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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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Your
mental
attitude
makes
considerable
difference
in
the
results.
Singing,
as
I
have
previously
explained,
is
an
expression
of
joy.
To
sing
properly
you
should
really
be
influenced
by
joyous
emotions,
and,
though
your
musical
efforts
may
be
forced
and
mechanical
in
the
beginning,
you
will
usually
find
that
the
delight
ordinarily
associated
with
vocal
expression
will
soon
appear
as
a
result
of
the
physical
and
mechanical
efforts
involved
in
the
training
of
the
voice.
Naturally
it
is
advisable
to
use
the
singing
voice
in
the
most
advantageous
manner,
if
possible,
and
it
would
therefore
be
well
to
secure
the
advice
of
competent
instructors
if
you
can,
or
at
least
to
gain
what
helpful
information
there
is
in
books
on
the
subject.
It
is,
of
course,
impossible
to
give
any
detailed
advice
in
this
short
chapter,
but
I
may
say
that
I
am
engaged
in
the
preparation
of
a
book
on
vocal
culture
which
will
deal
with
the
subject
in
an
unusually
practical
manner.
Voice
culture,
in
many
instances,
is
a
mysterious
and
intricate
study
that
even
many
of
its
teachers
do
not
seem
to
understand
in
every
detail.
It
is
a
notorious
fact
that
many
so-called
vocal
instructors,
including
some
of
the
highest-priced
members
of
the
profession,
frequently
ruin
magnificent
voices
by
wrong
methods
of
instruction.
It
is
a
simple
matter
to
build
up
a
good
voice,
but
it
is
also
a
simple
matter
to
ruin
one
by
unnatural
methods
of
training.
It
is
therefore
well
to
learn
to
use
the
voice
in
a
strictly
natural
manner,
and
without
any
straining
or
forcing
of
the
tone.
For
instance,
it
is
advisable
to
avoid
any
constriction
of
the
muscles
of
the
throat;
that
is
to
say,
there
should
be
no
tension
in
the
throat
when
singing.
One
should
learn
how
to
"place"
the
voice.
Resonance
is
all-important.
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