is simple.

I. Stand erect as directed.

II. Open the mouth _without inhaling_.

III. Produce the dark tone ("u" as in hum).

IV. Close the mouth and allow the air to pass in and
out of the nostrils for a few seconds.

V. Open the mouth without inhaling.

VI. Make the strident sound ("e" as in when).

VII. Close the mouth and let the air pass in and out
of nostrils a few seconds.

VIII. Open the mouth without inhaling.

IX. Sing the vowel "Ah" as in _father_ in such a manner
that it is a combination of the dark tone and
the strident tone.

X. Do this in such a way that all of the breathy
disagreeable features of the dark tone disappear
but its foundation features remain to give it fullness
and roundness, while all of the disagreeable
features of the strident tone disappear although
its color-giving, light-giving, life-giving characteristics
are retained to give the combination-tone
richness and sweetness. A beautiful result
is inevitable, if the principle is properly understood.
I have tried this with many people who
have sung but little before in their lives and who
were not conscious of having interesting voices.
Without a long course of vocal lessons or anything
of the sort they have been able to produce
in a short time--a very few minutes--a tone
that would be admired by any critic.

A COMFORTABLE PITCH

It is to be assumed that the student will, in these experiments, take
the pitch in his voice which is most comfortable. Having mastered the
combination tone on "Ah" at any pitch, it will be easy to try other
pitches and other vowels. "Ah" is the natural vowel, but having secured
the "know how" through a correct production of "Ah" the same results may
be attained with any other vowel produced in a similar way. "E" as in
_see_ has of course more of the strident quality, the high, bright
quality and "OO" as in moon more of the dark, but even these extreme
tones may be so placed that they become enriched through the employment
of resonance of all those parts of the mouth, nose and body which may be
brought naturally to reinforce them.

"PING"

I have never met a singer who was not looking for "ping" or what is
called brightness. Most voices are hopelessly dead, and therefore lack
sweetness. The voices are filled with night--black hollow gloomy night
or else they are as strident