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Diction (Third Edition)

Moriarty, John

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0650
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
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Track 1: The vowel sounds used in Italian, French and German, (page 4)
Track 2: Tongue vowels, Exercises 1-3, page 7
Track 3: Lip vowels, Exercises 4-8, pages 9 & 11
Track 4: Mixed vowels, Exercises 9-10, page 15
Track 5: Neutral vowels, Exercise 12, page 17
Track 6: Multilingual vowel comparisons: Exercises 13-23, pages 19-25
Track 7: Lip vowels: Exercises 24-33, pages 27-33
Track 8: Mixed vowels: Exercises 34-44, pages 35-43
Track 9: Nasal vowels: Exercises 45-53a, pages 45-49
Track 10: Diphthongs: Exercises 54-59, pages 53-55
Track 11: Glides, Exercises 60-65, pages 57-59
Track 12: Plosive consonants: Exercises 66-72, pages 63-65
Track 13: Fricative consonants: Exercises 73-77, pages 67-71
Track 14: Lateral and affricate consonants: Exercises 78 & 81, pages 73 & 75
Track 15: The vowel sounds of Italian, page 86
Track 16: Examples as listed on page 87
Track 17: Examples as listed on page 88
Track 18: Unstressed e and o, Examples on page 89
Track 19: Italian consonants; double consonants, page 108
Track 20: Hard c and g, Soft c and g, pages 109 & 110
Track 21: The vowel sounds of French, page 144
Track 22: The two ah vowels: pages 146-147
Track 23: [i] and [u], page 148
Track 24: A list of words using the schwa page 149
Track 25: Examples of open e [ɛ], page 151
Track 26: Examples of closed e [e], page 153
Track 27: Examples of closed o [o] and open o [ɔ], page 155
Track 28: Examples of closed [ø] and open [œ], page 157
Track 29 Examples of closed [y] and open[ɥ], page 158
Track 30: The nasal vowels, pages 160-61
Track 31: The vowel sounds of German, page 201
Track 32: Closed vowels, page 202
Track 33: Open vowels, pages 202-203, 208
Track 34: Neutral vowels, page 208
Track 35: Double consonants, page 211
Track 36: Hard and soft ch, page 214

Text book for singers A comprehensive singers' guide to the pronunciation of Italian, French, Ecclesiastical Latin and German, in an approach developed for diction classes at the New England Conservatory of Music. A thorough and scholarly treatment in a practical, easily used format.

Pronunciation guides are provided for Italian, French and German languages through the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, along with 81 exercises for singing them.

New to this edition are 36 audio tracks provided by the author containing all of the exercises. These audio tracks may be downloaded free from here. All are 128kbps mp3 files.

 

AUDIO FILES TO ACCOMPANY 3RD EDITION OF DICTION BY JOHN MORIARTY

Track 1: The vowel sounds used in Italian, French and German, (page 4)

Track 2: Tongue vowels, Exercises 1-3, page 7

Track 3: Lip vowels, Exercises 4-8, pages 9 & 11

Track 4: Mixed vowels, Exercises 9-10, page 15

Track 5: Neutral vowels, Exercise 12, page 17

Track 6: Multilingual vowel comparisons: Exercises 13-23, pages 19-25

Track 7: Lip vowels: Exercises 24-33, pages 27-33

Track 8: Mixed vowels: Exercises 34-44, pages 35-43

Track 9: Nasal vowels: Exercises 45-53a, pages 45-49

Track 10: Diphthongs: Exercises 54-59, pages 53-55

Track 11: Glides, Exercises 60-65, pages 57-59

Track 12: Plosive consonants: Exercises 66-72, pages 63-65

Track 13: Fricative consonants: Exercises 73-77, pages 67-71

Track 14: Lateral and affricate consonants: Exercises 78 & 81, pages 73 & 75

Track 15: The vowel sounds of Italian, page 86

Track 16: Examples as listed on page 87

Track 17: Examples as listed on page 88

Track 18: Unstressed e and o, Examples on page 89

Track 19: Italian consonants; double consonants, page 108

Track 20: Hard c and g, Soft c and g, pages 109 & 110

Track 21: The vowel sounds of French, page 144

Track 22: The two ah vowels: pages 146-147

Track 23: [i] and [u], page 148

Track 24: A list of words using the schwa page 149

Track 25: Examples of open e [ɛ], page 151

Track 26: Examples of closed e [e], page 153

Track 27: Examples of closed o [o] and open o [ɔ], page 155

Track 28: Examples of closed [ø] and open [œ], page 157

Track 29 Examples of closed [y] and open[ɥ], page 158

Track 30: The nasal vowels, pages 160-61

Track 31: The vowel sounds of German, page 201

Track 32: Closed vowels, page 202

Track 33: Open vowels, pages 202-203, 208

Track 34: Neutral vowels, page 208

Track 35: Double consonants, page 211

Track 36: Hard and soft ch, page 214