| To: "Vocalist" <vocalist>, Subject: Re: Pronunciation of -ed Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 11:55:05 -0800 Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Sing "de - *priv* - ed" with very little word stress on the "ed" [ehd], with most stress on the "priv". Hope this helps.
Marje mbunday-at-earthlink.net
dennis collins wrote: >In Dowland's songs, at least in the Stainer & Bell edition, the "-ed" of a >past participle, which normally isn't pronounced as a syllable in modern >English, has its own note, sometimes rather long. For example, the last >(whole) note of "Flow my tears" is written on the "ed" of "deprived" >(preceded by two 16ths for "de" and one 8th for "priv"). How is one >supposed to sing this? What do the experts do?
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