The Diction in the Art of Singing in the English Language
The Diction in the Art of Singing in the English Language

Summary/Abstract: In this article, I have focused on some concepts of pronunciation and diction in the art of singing in the English language. I presented here the basic principles of pronunciation/diction and correct articulation. I discovered that in the English language, there are 5 different IPA symbols for the letter T, and 4 different IPA symbols for the letter R, just to give two examples. Unlike the Romanian language, where the Romanian syllable/word is pronounced the way it is written, in English, we have a different principle of pronunciation for diphthongs, triphthongs, syllables, or words in general. The singer produces sounds uttered at heights that a native speaker of the language has never been accustomed to using. The singer has a voice quality that they have systematically trained. There is a difference between spoken and sung diction/pronunciation. In singing, a tone must be sustained for a considerable amount of time at an unvarying height. The duration of time for a sustained sound is much shorter, and the height at which it is delivered increases or decreases for the same uttered sound.

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