Videos are up

https://vimeo.com/album/2089168

The email I sent to class:


Here is the link to the Vimeo diction videos:  https://vimeo.com/album/2089168

Remember - password is ***************

Vimeo was down this morning so it took much longer to get everything up.

Remember the quiz on Thursday (Italian Vowel Triangle).

You owe me a review of your video. (using ipa from ipasource.com)  See attached pic for reminders of how I want that done.

Anyone absent from class needs to sing on Thursday.

Find three words from "O Cessate" that are representative of each vowel on the IPA Vowel Triangle for Italian.

Italian Diction Presentation 1

International Phonetic Alphabet - Basics of Singing Italian from Philip Copeland

O cessate - links from class - 9-13-2012

What can YouTube teach us about proper Italian diction?

Annelies

Katie

José Carrera

Nathaniel I
Nathaniel II

Cecilia Bartolli

My Way with the Three Tenors

What can we learn about Italian diction from the way the Three tenors sing American English?

From the archive: links to former posts that you should see

Everyday IPA video

Hearing the symbols

English-Italian Dictionary

Chanting the text

How to do Score Preparation wtih IPA

Score preparation with IPA from Philip Copeland

Two website links plus the tongue website

Here are the websites I went to in class today:

IPA Chart with sounds
http://web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa/charts/IPAlab/IPAlab.htm

Another IPA Chart with sounds
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/course/chapter1/chapter1.html

The Tongue Video
http://www.phonetics.ucla.edu/vowels/chapter11/tongue.html

possible quiz questions

1.  Define IPA.
2.  Describe:  [i] using descriptions for:  jaw, lips, tongue
3.  Draw an IPA triangle.
4.  Lips can have what positions?
5.  Jaw can have:
6.  What does the soft palate do when raised?

Opening presentations

Presentation on Thursday, August 30, 2012 

Diction i first day of class copeland from Philip Copeland

Presentation on Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Introduction to Diction - Overview of Vowel Triangle, Positions of Lips, Jaw, Tongue from Philip Copeland

There is a chance we will cover this:

Italian vowel triangle with IPA from Philip Copeland

Diction - Fall 2012

Syllabus and Course Calendar
Syllabus - MUSC 1610 Diction for Singers I Fall 2012