2. defined
The word “diphthong” comes from Greek and
means “two sounds.” The term refers to the use of
two vowel sounds in a single syllable. The
characteristic of the diphthong that is different
from single vowels in consecutive syllables is the
movement from one vowel to another.
When we form or hear a diphthong there are
three factors:
PRIMARY VOWEL SOUND
QUICK MOVEMENT
SECONDARY VOWEL SOUND
3. In practice
InEnglish the first vowel is stressed, and is
lengthened so that it is sung for most of
the duration of the note on which it
occurs. The second vowel is made less
precisely, it is unstressed and it is short.
Note: this is different from Italian
consecutive vowels.
4. Diphthongs
[bɑɪ] [ɪ3]
[ɛɪ] also [eɪ] [ɛ3]
[ɔɪ] [a3]
[ɑɔ] [o3] [ɔ3]
[oʊ] [ʊ3]
IN Wall Book [ju]
5. Diphthongs
[bɑɪ] eye, like [ɪ3]mere, fear
[ɛɪ] also [eɪ] grace [ɛ3] care, bear
[ɔɪ] noise, joy [a3] far
[ɑɔ] sound, how [o3] [ɔ3] war
[oʊ] sew [ʊ3] poor
IN Wall Book [ju]
6. My Fair Lady -
Vowelshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
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Rain in Spain:
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7. [ɑɪ]
Spellings: eye, like, by, buy, pie, light
Potential problems:
Practice phrases
[sɑɪlənt nɑɪt] silent night
Arise shine for thy light is come
I attempt from love’s sickness to fly
8. [ɛɪ] also [eɪ]
Spellings: Grace, wait, say, great, weight,
prey
Potential problems:
Practice phrases
[θhɛ ɾɑɪŋ ɪŋ spɛɪn stɛɪz mɛɪnlɪ an θəplɛɪnz
] the rain in spain stays mainly on the plain
Make straight in the desert a highway for
our God
Praise the Lord, who reigns above
9. [ɔɪ]
Spellings: noise, joy
Potential problems:
Practice phrases
[mjuzɪk hwɛn sɔft vɔsəz dɑɪ] music when soft
voices die
The voice of him that crieth in the
wilderness
Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee
10. [ɑɔ]
Spellings: sound, how
Potential problems:
Practice phrases
[hɑɔ nɑɔ brɑɔn kɑɔ] how now brown cow
And the glory of the Lord shone round
about them
Crown Him with many crowns
Sleep now, o sleep now, o you unquiet
heart
11. [oʊ]
Spellings: sew, abode, coal, dough, show
Potential problems:
Practice phrasesˡ
Snow had fallen snow on snow
Behold and see if there be any sorrow like
unto his sorrow
O my soul, bless God the Father
12. [ɪ ]
3
Spellings: mere, fear, deer, pier
Potential problems: ɡrind rʼsor delete
entirely
Practice phrasesˡ
who shall stand when he appeareth
Ə.pɪ3rɛθ
13. [ɛ3]
Spellings:care, fair, prayer, there, wear,
theyʼre their
,
Practice phrasesˡ
[ɪf ðɛ3 w3 drimz tu sɛl]
Prepare ye the way of the Lord.
[prə.pɛ3
14. [a3]
Spellings:far, heart
Practice phrasesˡ
[in ðə fild hwɛ3 ðə dɛɪzɪz a3]
He shall gather the lambs with his arm
Christian hearts, in love united
15. [o3] [ɔ3]
The sounds are different acoustically but
not phonemically.
Spellings: war, more, roar, door, for, four
Practice phrasesˡ
[in ðə fild hwɛ3 ðə dɛɪzɪz a3]
He shall gather the lambs with his arm
Christian hearts, in love united
16. [ʊ3]
Spellings: poor, your, sure
(The glide [j] proceeds [ʊ3] in certain
situations, as in “fury”, “endure” “purify)
Practice phrases
Sure on this shining night
Comfort ye my people saith your God
My master was so very poor
18. Triphthongs
[trɪf.θɔŋz]
A monosyllable that contains three
consecutive vowel sound:
1. Primary vowel sound
2. Quick movement
3. Secondary vowel sound
4. Quick movement
5. Tertiary vowel sound
19. [ɑɪƷ] and [aʊƷ]
[ɑɪƷ]Hire, lyre, liar, choir
[aʊƷ] hour, our, power
Problems:
omission of the secondary vowel sound.
Puttinɡ [æɪƷ] instead of [ɑɪƷ]
Addinɡ a [w] when we donʼtneed it[ɑɪƷ]
Grinding the “r”
For he is like a refiner’s fire
Our father, which art in heaven