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bined with n and s, ninini sni-sni-sni snesnesne, 
sndsnasna. It is absolutely worthless. 
Beil is somewhat undesirable if slow; the identity of 
the tour gets lost, and the good effect suffers. In this 
class of tour the beat should be faster in the higher than 
in the lower pitch; there should be more movement. 
Slow Bell is wearisome and lacks connectiveness, for the 
reason that the higher i-sounds lack fullness. With 
Schockel, on the contrary, a slow movement is very 
beautiful, because the deep “o”’ and “u” sounds ring 
out in full-toned rich volume, thus filling up the larger 
interval in the heat. 
Although Bell is only reckoned as a fair quality tour, 
it should not be despised, as it makes an agreeable 
variation in Canary song. In years gone by, one came 
across some wonderfully pure Bell and this fact proves 
that, though lightly esteemed in this present day, it is 
capable of being soundly developed, in spite of its easy 
degeneration and consequent difficulty in cultivation. 
HOLLOW BELL 
The ground tone is “ii”; the consonants are | and h 
(lululu, hiihiihii); its composition, therefore, is very 
simple. 
The quality depends upon a pure “ti” with a soft 
“1”? or “h.’? The vowel varies in roundness and full- 
ness, so heightening or lessening the tonality. The 1 
gives the song a delightful lulling lullaby effect, and is 
a better tour than Hollow Bell with h. 
The h lengthens out the syllables so that the structure 
becomes loose, and the effect is jerky, hammering or 
dragging, sometimes baying (as a hound), and so we 
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