﻿E. 
  Cutter 
  — 
  Phonics 
  of 
  Auditoriums. 
  469 
  

  

  same 
  number 
  of 
  vibrations 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  same 
  musical 
  tone. 
  

   The 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  auditorium 
  seems 
  to 
  govern 
  this 
  tone, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  called 
  the 
  key 
  note 
  of 
  the 
  auditorium. 
  Every 
  room 
  has 
  its 
  

   key 
  note. 
  No 
  one 
  will 
  dispute 
  that 
  music 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  note 
  of 
  

   the 
  auditorium 
  is 
  more 
  effective 
  than 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  that 
  

   key. 
  An 
  opposite 
  opinion 
  clashes 
  against 
  the 
  above 
  facts. 
  

   This 
  being 
  so 
  with 
  music, 
  how 
  is 
  it 
  with 
  Phonics 
  2 
  

  

  The 
  differences 
  between 
  music 
  and 
  speech 
  are 
  much 
  less 
  

   than 
  their 
  joint 
  properties. 
  Both 
  need 
  normal 
  vocal 
  bands. 
  

   Surgery 
  shows 
  this. 
  A 
  tumor 
  exists 
  which 
  I 
  removed 
  from 
  

   the 
  vocal 
  bands 
  in 
  1866. 
  For 
  years 
  before, 
  the 
  patient 
  could 
  

   not 
  speak 
  nor 
  sing. 
  She 
  could 
  only 
  whisper. 
  In 
  1891 
  she 
  

   speaks 
  and 
  sings. 
  

  

  The 
  same 
  oripulations 
  belong 
  to 
  speech 
  and 
  song. 
  Song 
  

   prolongs 
  the 
  basic 
  vowel 
  syllable 
  sounds 
  more 
  than 
  speech. 
  

   These 
  sounds 
  are 
  chiefly 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  vocal 
  bands 
  alone 
  as 
  the 
  

   writer 
  since 
  1862 
  has 
  shown 
  to 
  himself 
  and 
  others 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  

   larynx. 
  Speech 
  shortens 
  these 
  sounds. 
  Speech 
  is 
  staccato 
  in 
  

   music 
  with 
  the 
  rests 
  left 
  out. 
  

  

  The 
  consonants 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  rule 
  in 
  speech 
  and 
  

   song 
  as 
  to 
  production. 
  Speech 
  and 
  song 
  have 
  pitch, 
  forte 
  and 
  

   piano. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  — 
  as 
  Phonics 
  in 
  auditoriums 
  are 
  often 
  a 
  failure, 
  

   i. 
  e. 
  people 
  can't 
  hear 
  — 
  is 
  there 
  not 
  some 
  remedy 
  by 
  making 
  

   phonic 
  laws 
  conform 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  music 
  ? 
  We 
  think 
  there 
  is 
  

   and 
  for 
  one 
  thing 
  would 
  suggest 
  phonics 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  note 
  of 
  

   the 
  auditorium. 
  

  

  That 
  is 
  have 
  the 
  pitch 
  of 
  the 
  speaker 
  hold 
  to 
  the 
  key 
  note 
  

   of 
  the 
  auditorium 
  and 
  vary 
  only 
  as 
  a 
  well 
  regulated 
  song, 
  for 
  

   example 
  like 
  " 
  Annie 
  Laurie." 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  this 
  done 
  successfully 
  as 
  follows, 
  in 
  

  

  1. 
  Cincinnati 
  Music 
  Hall, 
  capacity 
  6000 
  people, 
  key 
  note 
  F. 
  

  

  2. 
  Prince 
  Albert 
  Memorial 
  Town 
  Hall, 
  Leeds, 
  England. 
  

  

  3. 
  Section 
  rooms 
  of 
  the 
  X 
  International 
  Medical 
  Congress, 
  

   Berlin, 
  1890, 
  and 
  other 
  places. 
  

  

  1, 
  2, 
  3, 
  were 
  of 
  exceptional 
  difficulty 
  : 
  1, 
  from 
  its 
  vast 
  size. 
  

   2, 
  elegant 
  to 
  the 
  eye 
  but 
  hard 
  for 
  the 
  ear. 
  3, 
  were 
  picture 
  

   galleries 
  never 
  intended 
  for 
  the 
  ear. 
  

  

  To 
  find 
  the 
  hey 
  note. 
  

  

  Sing 
  the 
  natural 
  scale 
  slowly, 
  evenly 
  and 
  smoothly, 
  or 
  play 
  

   this 
  scale 
  on 
  piano 
  or 
  organ 
  similarly. 
  The 
  note 
  which 
  is 
  most 
  

   prominent 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  key 
  note. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  control 
  auditoriums 
  may 
  employ 
  an 
  expert 
  to 
  do 
  

   this 
  and 
  post 
  the 
  result. 
  For 
  example, 
  an 
  auditorium 
  of 
  the 
  

   City 
  Hall 
  at 
  Saratoga 
  Springs 
  was 
  thus 
  tested 
  1890, 
  and 
  a 
  notice 
  

   was 
  put 
  up 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  key 
  note 
  of 
  this 
  hall 
  is 
  F." 
  

  

  September, 
  1891. 
  

  

  