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  2. Vowel diagram - Wikipedia

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    By definition, no vowel sound can be plotted outside of the IPA trapezium because its four corners represent the extreme points of articulation. The vowel diagrams of most real languages are not so extreme. In English, for example, high vowels are not as high as the corners of the IPA trapezium, and front vowels are not as front. [2] [6]

  3. Speech - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics, articulatory phonetics is the study of how the tongue, lips, jaw, vocal cords, and other speech organs are used to make sounds. Speech sounds are categorized by manner of articulation and place of articulation. Place of articulation refers to where in the neck or mouth the airstream is constricted.

  4. Modal voice - Wikipedia

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    Modal voice is the vocal register used most frequently in speech and singing in most languages. It is also the term used in linguistics for the most common phonation of vowels . The term "modal" refers to the resonant mode of vocal folds ; that is, the optimal combination of airflow and glottal tension that yields maximum vibration.

  5. English phonology - Wikipedia

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    The following table shows the 24 consonant phonemes found in most dialects of English, plus /x/, whose distribution is more limited. Fortis consonants are always voiceless, aspirated in syllable onset (except in clusters beginning with /s/ or /ʃ/), and sometimes also glottalized to an extent in syllable coda (most likely to occur with /t/, see T-glottalization), while lenis consonants are ...

  6. Voice (phonetics) - Wikipedia

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    Voice or voicing is a term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds (usually consonants).Speech sounds can be described as either voiceless (otherwise known as unvoiced) or voiced.

  7. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    A music score of an opera, musical, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra (like oratorio or cantata) where the vocal parts are written out in full but the accompaniment is reduced to two staves and adapted for playing on piano voce Voice volante Flying volti subito (V.S.) Turn immediately (i.e. turn the page quickly).

  8. Vowel - Wikipedia

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    There are two complementary definitions of vowel, one phonetic and the other phonological.. In the phonetic definition, a vowel is a sound, such as the English "ah" / ɑː / or "oh" / oʊ /, produced with an open vocal tract; it is median (the air escapes along the middle of the tongue), oral (at least some of the airflow must escape through the mouth), frictionless and continuant. [4]

  9. Fool - Wikipedia

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    Fool, a 2009 novel by Christopher Moore; Fools, a 1981 play by Neil Simon; The Fool, an 1880 Armenian language novel by Raffi; The Fool, a 1921 novel by H. C. Bailey; The Fool, a 1975 play by Edward Bond