To sing in English : a guide to improved diction / Dorothy Uris.

Author/creator Uris, Dorothy
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Boosey and Hawkes, 1971.
Descriptionxviii, 317 pages : music ; 23 cm
Subjects
Singing--Diction.
English language--Pronunciation.

Contents The range of diction. A living language -- Diction, an umbrella word -- "To sing in English" (the working plan) -- Stucture, sense and stress. How to sing sense in English: Indispensable ingredients ; The built-in beat ; Stress and interpretation ; Lead through strength ; The dominant score ; Alterantives and techniques ; Recap -- The importance of unimportant words: Connective tissue ; When a word is not a word ; Inevitable exceptions ; Notation and the weak word ; Recap -- Rhymes within words: The pulse of syllables ; Uniquely English ; The variety of rhythms ; When word meets score ; The weak vowels ; Notation and the syllable ; Recap -- What we covered and discovered -- Working method -- English, a legato language. Scientific legato -- Bound together -- The main vehicle of legato -- Consonant means "to sound with" -- Economy of operation -- Staccato/legato -- Presto tempo -- Some final don'ts and do's for legato -- The vowel content of American English. Vowel essentials for eye and ear -- Vowel guidelines -- Study plan for vowels -- The sixteen vowels of American English: /ē/ ; /ĭ/ ; /ā/ ; /ĕ/ ; /ă/ ; /ī/ ; /ä/ ; /ŭ/ ; /[upside down e]/ ; /ûr/ ; /r/ ; /ōō/ ; /ū/ ; /ŏo/ ; /ō/ ; /ô/ ; /oi/ ; /ou/ -- The four unstressed vowels of English -- Two syllables, not diphthongs -- Summary guidelines for vowels -- The shapes and sounds of the consonants. Consonant guidelines -- Consonant articulation chart -- Study plan for consonants -- Consonant sonority table -- The twenty-five English consonants -- Half consonant, half vowel: /r/w/y/ ; /r/ ; /w/y/[j] -- All tone: /m/n/ng/l ; /m/n/ng/ [n] ; /l/ ; Sound effects plus voice: /z/zh/v/th/ ; /z/ ; /zh/ ; /v/ ; /th/ ; Percussive plus pitch: /d/b/g/j/ ; /d/ ; /b/ ; /g/ ; /j/ ; Sound effects minus voice: /s/sh/f/th/ ; /s/ ; /sh/ ; /f/ ; /th/ ; Percussive minus pitch: /t/p/k/ch/ ; /t/ ; /p/ ; /k/ ; /ch/ ; The breath shapes: /hw/h/ ; /hw/ ; /h/ ; Comparative summary of vowels and consonants -- Invitation to a diction class. To prepare a text (a demonstration) ; How to study a text-an outline -- Appendices. List of symbols used for vowels and consonants -- The diction of dialects -- Suggested recordings.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and indexes (pages 301-317).
LCCN 79172614

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Music Music Stacks MT883.U75 T6 1971 ✔ Available Place Hold
Music Music Stacks MT883.U75 T6 1971 ✔ Available Place Hold