Aug 16. Developing melodic speech

Speech is naturally melodic. See to it that the melody of your speech be pleasant and attractive. Notice the melodic change that accompanies every shift of mood or feeling. Watch for such changes also in other people. Learn to detect in people’s voices their sincerity or insincerity; their aggressiveness, defensiveness, or deceit; their intolerance, kindness, or loyalty. Perception of these qualities depends more on self-knowledge than on specific outer guidelines. Some people can tell a lie so convincingly that even the discriminating may at first be fooled. There are also melodic patterns induced by environment and upbringing; take such cadences into account, to see whether the melody of a person’s speech is conditioned or spontaneous.

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