How to Do Accents by Rowles, Jan Haydn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half-title Page Title Page Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Introduction

How this book came about What this book is not What’s in this book How to use this book

1: Get Started

Knowing your equipment Working with a resource recording Get into the scene

2: The Foundations

The Zone The Tone The Setting The Direction Putting it all together You and the New: Foundations

3: The Two Planets

What planet are YOU on? Spotlight on Planet Rhotic Spotlight on Planet Non-Rhotic You and the New: The Two Planets

4: The Bite

The Major Players R You and the New: R L You and the New: L H You and the New: H NG You and the New: NG TH You and the New: TH Major Issues Voice, Place and Manner You and the New: Voice, Place and Manner The Glottal Stop You and the New: The Glottal Stop Collisions You and the New: Consonant Collisions Springing Consonants Spotlight on ‘Yoo’ You and the New: ‘Yoo’

5: The Shapes

Getting the Big Picture: Using a word list Inventories and Distribution You and the New: Inventories and Distribution Shape, Length and Movement Shape: Creating a Vowel Spectrum You and the New: Vowel Shapes Length: Long, Short or In Between? You and the New: Vowel Length Movement: Steady or Sliding? You and the New: Vowel Movement Getting more detailed: Environmental Issues You and the New: Enviromental Issues

6: The Groove

The Big Picture How to identify the Default Tune Intonation You and the New: the Groove

7: Get Professional

Get Practising Accent meets production Accent meets director Accent meets rehearsal Accent meets character Accent meets audition

8: Useful Stuff

What Happens Next? Making a Resource Recording You and the New Charts Knowing your Equipment Space Exploration

Appendix

Recommended internet resources Recommended Reading Index of references to accents in the book Index of track lists in reference to accents MP3 Full Track Listing