Diction 1

Course Details

Course Number: Musc 1211 Section Number: 01

Fall 2010

Location: Fain Fine Arts Center

Classroom Number: C117A

Days & Times:

M 1:00-1:50pm

Course Attachments

Textbooks

International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers
A manual for learning IPA for English and Foreign Language
ISBN: 1-877761-50-8

Diction for Singers
A reference for Language Pronunciation
ISBN: 978-1-934477-05-2

MSU Faculty Member

Dr. Don Maxwell
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Course Objectives

Course Objectives: This course is designed as a beginning study of the principles of diction as it relates to the training of the singing voice. The International Phonetic Alphabet will be learned as a tool to be applied to the pronunciation of Italian and Latin. The student is expected to apply and integrate what is learned in this class into the singing of Italian and Latin song literature.

Course Expectations

Weekly Assignments:

Aug. 23 Introduction to IPA(IPA for Singers, pg. 7-34)

Aug. 30 IPA vowel drills

Sept 6 Labor Day-No class

13 IPA consonant drills

20 Word drills

27 IPA test- 1. Aurally translate IPA into English; 2. Transcribe

English into IPA

Oct. 4 Italian diction (pp. 36-39)

11 Italian diction (pp214-16)

18 Italian diction

25 Italian diction

Nov. 1 Italian diction

8 Italian test

15 Latin diction (93-117)

22 Latin diction

. 29 Latin pronunciation test

Final Exam12/6/2010 3:30-5:30pm

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