Nature's Ideal Instrument
Vocal music is considered to be the highest, for it is natural;
the effect produced by an instrument which is merely a machine cannot
be compared with that of the human voice. However perfect strings
may be, they cannot make the same impression on the listener as
the voice which comes direct from the soul as breath, and has been
brought to the surface through the medium of the mind and the vocal
organs of the body. When the soul desires to express itself in the
voice, it first causes an activity in the mind; and mind by means
of thought projects finer vibrations in the mental plane; these
in due course develop and run as breath through the regions of the
abdomen, lungs, mouth, throat, and nasal organs, causing the air
to vibrate all through, until they manifest on the surface as voice.
The voice therefore naturally expresses the attitude of mind whether
true or false, sincere or insincere.
The voice has all the magnetism which an instrument lacks; for voice
is nature’s ideal instrument, upon which all other instruments
of the world are modelled.
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