International Phonetic Alphabet - Basics of Singing Italian

Italian Diction

Differences from English
Longer
Romance
Different R
Dental T’s
Diphthongs

Differences from English
Italian vowels ≠ English Vowels
Italian vowels are longer, they feel more forward
Italian is a romance language – it flows better
Different R – flipped
Dental T’s
No diphthongs in Italian the way there are in English – every vowel sounds – the vowels retain their value in diphthongs

Italian Vowel Triangle
ʔ
ʔ
ʔ
ʔ
ʔ
ʔ
ʔ

Italian Vowel Triangle
i
u
e
o
Ɔ
Ɛ
ɑ

DOUBLES
?

DOUBLES
MM – TT - LL

DOUBLES
MM – LL - TT
Mamma – Bella - Notte

DENTALS
?

DENTALS
DENTALS

R’s
[?] [?]

R’s
[r] = rolled [ɾ] = flipped

Elya and Enya

Enya
ɲ

Enya
ɲ
Enya [ɲ]onion [ʌɲən]
slightly parting your lips, placing the tip of the tongue behind the bottom front teeth, and arching the tongue upward so that the tongue touches the boundary between

Elya
λ
[small letter lambda]

Elya
λ
Elya [ʎ]:
slightly parting your lips placing the tip of your tongue behind the bottom front teeth, and arching the tongue so that the arch of the tongue touches the front of the hard palate. - million [lj]

O cessate di piagarmi
O cessatedipiagarmi
O lasciatemimorir!
Luci ingrate dispietate
Piudigeloepiu de’ marmi
Freddeesorde a’ mieimartir!

TYPES OF TRANSLATION

IPA TRANSLATION
O cessatedipiagarmi
[otʃe.sɑ.tedipja.ɡar.mi]

IPA TRANSLATION + Word for Word
O cessatedipiagarmi
Either cease to wound-me

IPA TRANSLATION + Word for Word + POETIC
O cessatedipiagarmi
Either cease to wound-me
O stop wounding me

O cessate di piagarmi

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International Phonetic Alphabet - Basics of Singing Italian

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