The Flower Duet Lyrics and Pronunciation Guide Soprano Part
Ava's Personal Notes:
I always recommend doing your own research. My videos are only meant to be a guide for amateur singers, like me. Your ears may hear things differently and depending on your accent or the way you naturally speak, you may need to adjust some of the phonetics to help que your pronunciation or rhythm.
For example, I found the guttural "R's" to be difficult, so I started thinking about them as a guttural "R" paired with a guttural "H." That's why my "R's" are written as "r'h." Additionally, some consonants at the ends of words are not pronounced or are barely pronounced or they "dissolve" into the nasal passage so that there is just a hint of the sound that they make. Many people either leave these letters out of their phonetic spelling or enclose them in parentheses. I have chosen to include them with the understanding that they don't get a full pronunciation. I find that seeing them there helps me to remember that, even though we don't always hear them, there is still a hint of them when a native speaker pronounces them. When I see the "silent" letters, I pronounce them in my mind but not with my mouth. By doing this, I find traces of them appearing without me having to put them there.
Here are some websites and videos that I found helpful:
This site breaks down the lyrics in 2 different ways and helps to explain some of the rules in French:
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Beginning French Pronunciation:
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Understanding Diacritical Marks in French:
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The French E - What's the Difference:
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