Reading
Read the following word:
vani
[vani]
Write the following word:
cantina
[kantina]
This determines whether a vowel is considered front, back, or central.
Tongue position
What is the most important consonant made with the alveolar ridge in Italian lyric diction as a singer if you want to SOUND Italian?
[t]
The soft palate is in this position for all vowels in Italian
Raised
Read the following word:
inespɛrta
[inespɛrta]
Write the following word:
brɛve
[brɛve]
The sound [i] occurs in these situations.
Single i or ì
These consonant and vowel combinations make [k]
c or cc + back vowels (a, o, u) as well as "ch"
These consonant sounds require the soft palate to be lowered
[m] [n] [ŋ] [ɲ]
Read the following word:
lunge
[lundʒe]
Write the following word:
ciglia
[tʃiʎ:ʎa]
The quality of an "o" on a stressed syllable is determined by ___________.
Tessitura and resonance
This is the voiced version of unvoiced [tʃ]
[dʒ]
Stressed "ie" makes this combination of symbols:
[jɛ]
Read the following word:
giustizia
[dʒustitsja]
Write the following word:
cherubino
[keɾubino]
These open vowel sounds do NOT exist in Italian lyric diction.
[ɪ] [ʊ]
These consonant sounds occur when c, cc, g, or gg are followed by front vowels.
[tʃ]
[dʒ]
Please give three examples of continuing double consonants in Italian:
ff, ll, gli, mm, nn, gn, rr, ss, sc, vv, zz
Read the following word:
bagni
[baɲi]
Write the following word:
rassomigli
[ras:somiʎ:ʎi]
An "i" is silent when in what occurrences.
i + vowel following "g" or "c" on unstressed syllables.
-or-
As part of many phrasal diphthongs
The consonant cluster that makes [ɲ] is:
"gn"
Write and pronounce the following word:
azzurro
[ad:dzur:ro]