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Syllable Pitch Patterns
Pitch is the highness or lowness of a sound.
The pitch of a syllable can rise, fall, or remain the same. There are three pitch patterns in syllables.
1. If the word is one syllable, a glide-down pitch occurs, in which the pitch
rises
and falls in that one syllable. The pitch rises on the first
vowel sound and falls
on the consonant sound.
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car |
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bake
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Listen to more glide down pitches
in the words below, focus on the words in bold print.
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an, day |
An
apple a day keeps the doctor away. |
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be |
To be or not
to be, that is the question. |
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cave, damp
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Caves
are dark and damp. |
play |
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late, date
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I went on a
late date last night. |
play |
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rain, plain
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The rain
in Spain falls mainly on the plain. |
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2. A glide-down pitch also occurs in two or more syllable words, if the stress
is
on the last syllable. The rise in pitch begins on the
vowel. Practice the
following sentences, focusing on the words in bold
print.
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ex-cite |
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to-night
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Listen to more glide down pitches
in the words below, focus on the words in bold print.
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I need a taxi to get
downtown. |
play |
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She ate croissants alone
in her room. |
play |
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I believe he expects
to be paid. |
play |
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Aeronautical engineers design
and construct airplanes. |
play |
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The demand for beepers has subsided.
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3. In
a two or more syllable word, where the stress is not on the last syllable, a
step down pitch
occurs. The pitch rises at the beginning
of the syllable and
stays up until the beginning of the following syllable, when
the pitch falls.
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agree-ment |
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pro-nun-ci-a-tion
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Listen to more step down pitches
in the words below, focus on the words in bold print.
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A
husband and wife often quarrel. |
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Bob has a lot of
ability on a computer.
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Comfort and
convenience is what
I look for in a hotel. |
play |
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A
shady veranda can provide comfort on a hot day.
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play |
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An
idiom is just an English expression. |
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Other Syllable
Pages
Page 1 Syllable Stress
Page 3 Ellipsis
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