VOCAL PROBLEM - PRONOUNCING 'S' : Spot anyone who pronounces
's' too loudly and intrusively
| The technical term is 'sigmatism' – defective pronunciation
of sibilant sounds. Also a sort of "lisping", and hissing. |
| Test the auditionee by this little sentence: 'She sells sea-shells
by the sea shore'. |
| WHAT TO DO - give the auditionee this test piece also. Test 1 - 'In the restaurant' |
| Some notes - There are some articulation problems here (pronunciation)
- particularly the 's' and in ' Does Beryl still have the little come-hitherish
lisp ? ' So this is a good test to go to if you are worried about the 's'. |
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MORE TECHNICAL NOTES
| The 's' sounds include a range - s, sh, f, z, and both versions
of th: as in then, and as in thin. |
| SOME TECHNICAL DETAILS: |
| a very sibilant /s/ and /z/ , or |
| a dentalized /s/ and /z/ with the tongue touching the teeth, or |
| an interdental /s/ and /z/ with the tongue protruding between the
teeth, or |
| a 'lingering s/z' in which the sound is prolonged slightly for effect
(sso sspecial, amazzzing), or |
| combinations of the previous four. |
| Sometimes the sounds 'sh' as is shake, and 'zh' as in measure, are
dentalized in addition to, or instead of, /s/ and /z/. |
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