Quiz [Open Book] Chapter 15

1. What does IPA stand for? [106]
International Phonetic Alphabet

2. [T or F] IPA exists in order to speak and sing English correctly, and to find one’s way into foreign languages. [106]

3-4. If the conductor is able to teach his choir clean diction, he has already solved one of the biggest problems in choral singing: blending the sound. [106]

5. [T or F] A pure vowel is a vowel sound that remains unchanged throughout its duration. [108]

6. [T or F] From our experience, the best help for amateurs in singing a dipthong is to instruct the singers to sing only the first vowel and not even to think the second one. [108].

7. When vowels are sung, it is sometimes necessary to change them in order for them to blend and sound correct to the listener. That is called vowel modification. [110]

8-12. Write out the five basic pure vowels the way in which they were spelled in the text. [110]
oo, oh, ah, eh, ee

9-12. Match the IPA symbols with their appropriate “key word.” [106-107]

9. father [a]
10. remember [see text]
11. she [i]
12. it [I]
13. paw [see text]

14. The tongue should feel like a ___ _____ lying on the floor the mouth:A. a slinky B. a wet towel C. a wooden board D. a wet sponge [110]

15. What consonant is substituted for the flipped “r”? A. “t” B. “d” C. “p” D. a growled back throated “r” [111]

16. [T or F] The “L” should be articulated so that the middle of the tongue is arched pronouncing the sound in the mid-mouth. [112]

17. [T or F] Teaching the schwa for singing requires teaching a variation of different sounds in order to achieve the proper choral blend. [113]