Intro to IPA Diction for Singers
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Vocabulary flashcards for IPA symbols and key pronunciation words based on Maestro Booth's Intro to IPA Diction for Singers lecture notes.
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International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
A set of symbols devised and modified between 1886 and 1938 by the International Phonetic Alphabet Association to record, facilitate, and standardize the pronunciation of the world's languages.
[ ɑ ]
Lower case "a" without curved top, representing "Ah" as in English word father.
[ a ]
Lower case "a" with curved top, representing Bright "Ah" as in French word "lá".
[ ε ]
Open "e", representing "Eh" as in English word pet.
[ i ]
Lower case "i", representing "Ee" as in English word feet.
[ o ]
Closed "Oh" as in French word beau.
[ ɔ ]
Backwards "C", representing open "Oh" as in Italian word caro.
[ e ]
Closed "e" as in French word l'été.
[ o2 ]
Closed "o" as in Italian nome.
[ e2 ]
Closed "e" as in Italian vero.
[ u ]
Representing "oo" as in English word boot.
[ I ]
Upper case "I", representing "Ih" as in English word fit.
[ æ ]
Representing "aa" as in English word cat.
[ U ]
Flying "U", representing "Oo" as in English word foot.
[ ə ]
Shwah or mute, representing "uh" as in English word the.
[ Λ ]
Upside down "V", representing "Uh" as in English word cut.
[ y ]
Combination of [ i ] & [ u ], as in French word salut; German müde.
[ Y ]
Combination of [ I ] & [ U ], as in the German word Glück.
[ ø ]
Combination of [ o ] & [ e ], as in French word peu.
[ œ ]
Combination of [ ɔ ] & [ ε ], as in French word coeur.
[ õ ]
Nasal "o", as in French word bon.
[ ɑ̃ ]
Lower case "a" with tilda over it, representing nasal "a", as in French word tant.
[ ɛ̃ ]
Nasal "Eh", as in French word faim.
[ œ̃ ]
Nasal [œ], as in French word jeun.
[ p ]
As in English word pet.
[ b ]
As in English word bet.
[ t ]
As in English word Ted.
[ d ]
As in English word dead.
[ k ]
As in English word came.
[ g ]
As in English word game.
[ m ]
As in English word mad.
[ n ]
As in English word nod.
[ f ]
As in English word fan.
[ v ]
As in English word van.
[ s ]
As in English word sap.
[ z ]
As in English word zap.
[ l ]
As in English word lap.
[ r ]
As in Italian word caro/"flipped".
[ h ]
As in English word hat.
[ x ]
Hard "ch", as in German word Ach.
[ ç ]
Soft "ch"; "c" with a tail, as in German word ich.
[ ʓ ]
Cursive "z", as in English word vision.
[ ʃ ]
Big "s", as in English word sugar.
[ ŋ ]
"n" with "j" tail, as in the English word song.
[ ɲ ]
"n" with "j" at beginning, as in the English word onion.
[ j ]
Glide, as in the English word yet.
[ w ]
Glide, as in the English word wet.
[ ч ]
Upside down "h" (glide), as in the French word nuit.
Italian "gli" symbol
Upside down, backwards cursive "y", representing Italian "gli", as in "ly" combination.