36 “ Whether Music is necessary to the Orator ? 
with considerable exertion when such syllable is comparatively 
un-emphatic; as for example, the first syllable in aide or the 
third syllable of ovAguevyy. Ifin a higher note too than the pre- 
ceding syllables, which in the first instance is the wy» of Myywy, 
and in the second the Ao or Aow of ovAouzvyy, so much the better. 
2d. That every circumflexed syllable be rounded (a charac- 
ter appertaining to Forte and Piano rather than to Note or In- 
flexion, although introductory to the latter); the Speaker holding 
always in recollection that this accent was particularly destined 
for the preservation of eguability, which either undue elevation 
or depression, abstractedly considered, must destroy. 
3d. That every syllable marked grave be prevented from un- 
duly rising — viz. in such manner that the delivery of such syllable 
shall not interfere with the zmdependence of the succeeding, as 
the yas of Puyds with the « of aids. * 
4th. That every syllable preceding an accent, as the two first 
of ovaopevyy osmvoios and yoAwSels, be steadily and evenly delivered. 
5th. That the syllable immediately following an acuted ante- 
penult should, when emphatic, as the « of 4:32, be steadily 
sustained (not suffered to ascend) on whatever part of the scale 
it may happen most conveniently to be struck: but when com- 
paratively wn-emphatic as the third syllable gs of cAdgia—that 
then every effort, if necessary, be employed to prevent it from 
sinking too much below the acuted syllable. 
6th. That the final syllable of every word whose penult or 
antepenult is acuted, as the 2 and yyy in azide and ovdowevyy, be 
kept down. 
7th. That the final syllable of every word whose penultimate 
is circumflexed, as the os of AxsAjos, be delivered as inclination 
or necessity may suggest. 
The accentual, or rather muscular exercise which was practised 
by the Speaker being thus minutely detailed, I shall offer a few 
words on his progress. During this exercise, which, accompa- 
nied by that of quantity, lasted, with ordinary interruptions, for 
three or four weeks, he was occasionally visited by my associate 
—who, perceiving that certain syllables were at length habitu- 
ally slided upward, pointed out those syllables to his notice. 
The capability of executing several other upward slides soon 
followed; and this was afterwards succeeded by the graceful exe- 
* The last syllable of #»z!, which should be grave, is printed as an acute 
in most of our copies; whereas the /atter character, if attempted by an un- 
musical student, would involve the succeeding word Aya. Except when 
succeeded by a Pause or by Enclitics, the grave accent should never (in the 
case of exercise) be exchanged for an acute: and even before pauses (the 
final one or Period excepted) the grave character may be optionally re- 
tained. 
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