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List of Illustrative Texts and Practice Exercises |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Foreword: The Art and the Business of Recording Books |
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| How to Use This Book: A Note About the Phonetic Symbols and the Illustrative Texts |
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| Introduction: Getting Started in the Book Recording Business |
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What You Need to Get Started |
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4 | (1) |
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Auditions: What a Director Expects |
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The Recording Session: What a Director Expects |
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Publishers of Recorded Books in the USA |
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Book Recording in the UK and Canada |
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The Nature and Care of the Voice |
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Some Advice About Vocal Technique |
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16 | (3) |
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Breathing and Breath Control |
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22 | (1) |
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Developing Variety and Flexibility |
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23 | (1) |
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Paralinguistics: How to Do Different Voices |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (2) |
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Diction and Pronunciation |
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Some Definitions and Some Notes on Language |
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30 | (4) |
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A Guide to the Correct Pronunciations of General American and of British RP |
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34 | (2) |
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Positions of Vocal Apparatus |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (5) |
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42 | (2) |
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Pitch (Intonation, Music) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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Some Difficulties of English: Some Things to Look Out For |
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45 | (1) |
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Some Words with Two Pronunciations |
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46 | (3) |
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Comparative Pronunciations for British RP and General American |
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49 | (2) |
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Pronouncing Foreign Names, Words and Phrases |
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51 | (4) |
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Practice Exercises for Good Diction |
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55 | (4) |
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Recommended Texts and Exercises for More Diction Practice |
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59 | (2) |
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Microphone and General Recording Techniques |
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61 | (13) |
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A Brief History of Recording |
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61 | (4) |
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Microphone and Recording Technique |
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The Environment of the Soundproof Sound Studio |
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66 | (1) |
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Preparing for the Recording Session |
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67 | (1) |
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What to Expect: How the Recording Session Works |
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68 | (6) |
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Acting Methods and Techniques |
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A Glossary of Some Common Terms |
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83 | (3) |
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Subtext and Intentions: An Exercise |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (49) |
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Some Important General Hints |
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89 | (2) |
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Preparing the Text for Recording |
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91 | (2) |
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Charles Dickens: His Public Readings |
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93 | (23) |
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Helen Potter's Impersonations |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (9) |
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127 | (6) |
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Some Recommendations for Further Reading and Listening |
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133 | (2) |
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A Final Exercise, from Charles Kent's Charles Dickens as a Reader (1872) |
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135 | (2) |
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General Advice: Telling the Story |
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Understanding Style and Period |
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Setting the Scene: The Opening |
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164 | (1) |
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Some Openings: How to Read Them |
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164 | (17) |
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Reading Different Kinds of Scenes |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (5) |
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186 | (11) |
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197 | (5) |
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The Character's Voice: Creating a Character Vocally |
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202 | (7) |
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209 | (12) |
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221 | (18) |
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239 | (10) |
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249 | (13) |
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262 | (10) |
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Notes, Comments and Hints on Lady Macbeth's Monologue |
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263 | (4) |
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From Chekhov's On the Harmfulness of Tobacco |
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267 | (5) |
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272 | (25) |
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272 | (5) |
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277 | (20) |
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Recording Nonfiction: Making the Text Come Alive |
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297 | (56) |
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How to Read Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs, and History |
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300 | (2) |
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Illustrative Texts: Biography |
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302 | (6) |
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Autobiography and Memoirs |
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308 | (13) |
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321 | (8) |
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329 | (12) |
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341 | (5) |
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346 | (7) |
| Selected Bibliography |
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