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Fall 2011. Presentation on International Phonetic Alphabet for singers. Basics of Italian diction.
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Italian Diction
Differences from English
Longer
Romance
Different R
Dental T’s
Diphthongs
Differences from English
Italian vowels ≠ English Vowels
Italian vowels are longer, they feel more forward
Italian is a romance language – it flows better
Different R – flipped
Dental T’s
No diphthongs in Italian the way there are in English – every vowel sounds – the vowels retain their value in diphthongs
Italian Vowel Triangle
ʔ
ʔ ʔ
ʔ
ʔʔʔ
Italian Vowel Triangle
Ɔ
i u
ɑ
eƐ
o
DOUBLES?
DOUBLESMM – TT - LL
DOUBLESMM – LL - TT
Mamma – Bella - Notte
DENTALS?
DENTALSDENTALS
R’s[?] [?]
R’s[r] = rolled [ɾ] =
flipped
Elya and Enya
Enya
ɲ
Enya
Enya [ɲ]onion [ʌɲən] slightly parting your lips, placing the tip of
the tongue behind the bottom front teeth, and arching the tongue upward so that the tongue touches the boundary between
ɲ
Elya
λ
[small letter lambda]
Elya
Elya [ʎ]:slightly parting your lips placing the tip of your
tongue behind the bottom front teeth, and arching the tongue so that the arch of the tongue touches the front of the hard palate. - million [lj]
λ
O cessate di piagarmi
O cessate di piagarmi
O lasciatemi morir!
Luci ingrate dispietate
Piu di gelo e piu de’ marmi
Fredde e sorde a’ miei martir!
TYPES OF TRANSLATION
TYPES OF TRANSLATION
IPA TRANSLATION
O cessate di piagarmi[o tʃe.sɑ.te di pja.ɡar.mi]
TYPES OF TRANSLATION
IPA TRANSLATION + Word for Word
O cessate di piagarmi[o tʃe.sɑ.te di pja.ɡar.mi]Either cease to wound-me
TYPES OF TRANSLATION
IPA TRANSLATION + Word for Word + POETIC
O cessate di piagarmi[o tʃe.sɑ.te di pja.ɡar.mi]Either cease to wound-me
O stop wounding me
O cessate di piagarmi
O cessate di piagarmi
O cessate di piagarmi
O cessate di piagarmi
O cessate di piagarmi
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