{"id":1157,"date":"2018-11-16T10:34:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T09:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/?p=1157"},"modified":"2022-02-16T11:12:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:12:36","slug":"enhancing-intonation-with-lyrics-chunking-chanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/enhancing-intonation-with-lyrics-chunking-chanting\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving your intonation with Lyrics: Chunking &#038; Chanting"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><strong>PART I: Chunking<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will apply what we learnt about <a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/english-intonation-stress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Intonation &amp; Stress<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pick one of the following Lyrics and print it out:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A1:<\/strong> What can I do (The Corrs) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/WhatcanIdo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A2:<\/strong> Enjoy the silence (Depeche Mode)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EnjoySilence.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>B1:<\/strong> Spending my time (Roxette)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Roxette.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>B2:<\/strong> Dear Jessie (Madonna)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/DearJessie.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>C1:<\/strong> Brand new day (Sting)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/BrandNewDay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Lyrics<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mark all the pauses with a forward slash (please note there&#8217;ll probably be a pause at the end of every line as it is a song). All the words between slashes are chunks of information that should be read in one go.<\/li>\n<li>Underline the content words (nouns, main verbs, adverbs, adjectives, and stressed words). Mind that you don&#8217;t need to understand the lyrics for the purposes of this exercise.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you can pronounce all the content words by looking them up in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordreference.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">dictionary<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0Alternatively, you can use this\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ttsreader.com\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Text-to-speech Reader<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to hear full sentences; or\u00a0try this\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/tophonetics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Online Converter<\/a><\/span>\u00a0to see the transcription of full sentences.<\/li>\n<li>Mark the linked words and those that are pronounced together using arrows, and practise saying them very quickly.\u00a0You may want to try the technique of back-chaining, starting from the last sound and working up to the whole sound bit by bit. For example with \u2018<em>Where do you come from?<\/em>\u2019 you drill \u2018<em>fr\u2202m\u2019 \u2018k\u2227mfr\u2202m\u2019 \u2018dz-k\u2227mfr\u2202m\u2019 \u2018whe\u2202-dz-k\u2227mfr\u2202m\u2019<\/em>, until you get it right.<\/li>\n<li>Read the lyrics out loud -as if it was a poem- until satisfied: stressing all the content words and gliding over function words (articles, determiners, auxiliaries, linking words, and prepositions). Remember not to make unnecessary pauses and be mindful of your pronunciation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>PART II: Chanting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Now listen to the video clip by clicking on one of the following links:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A1:<\/strong> What can I do (The Corrs) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GP4Cq3VTagU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>A2:<\/strong> Enjoy the silence (Depeche Mode)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>B1:<\/strong> Spending my time (Roxette)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eG0IYV6G0I0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>B2:<\/strong> Dear Jessie (Madonna)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EGYmN-1UQzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>C1:<\/strong> Brand new day (Sting)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cA46ZNjrzeY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Listen to and repeat every single line by pausing the song and miming the original intonation. Remember not to make unnecessary pauses, and be mindful of your pronunciation.<\/li>\n<li>Film yourself singing the song, upload it on YouTube, and go viral \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>PART III: Rapping<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Below are a few clips with short rap verses:\n<ul>\n<li>When the lights go out (Five)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nOuU-r_kRLY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>All rise (Blue) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RkWQDDv_qdg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>American boy (Estelle)\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ic5vxw3eijY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Video clip<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Try rapping these verses until you get them right.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>When I flick the switch, make your hips wanna dip<br \/>\nNow I can get you off &#8217;cause I&#8217;m ready and equipped<br \/>\nNow swing for me baby, give me all that you got<br \/>\nNever wanna stop &#8217;cause you make me feel hot<br \/>\nI know what you wanna do and that I feel the same way too<br \/>\nGive you what you want through the days and the nights<br \/>\nYeah, it&#8217;s about time that we turned out the light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ALL RISE<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>So step back &#8217;cause you don&#8217;t know this cat<br \/>\nI know deep down that<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t want me to react<br \/>\nI lay low<br \/>\nLeaving all my options open<br \/>\nThe decision of the jury<br \/>\nHas not been spoken<br \/>\nStep in my house<br \/>\nYou find that your stuff has gone<br \/>\nBut in reality to whom<br \/>\nDoes the stuff belong?<br \/>\nI bring you into court<br \/>\nTo preach my order<br \/>\nAnd you know that<br \/>\nYou overstep the border<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>AMERICAN BOY<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Who killing them in the UK?<br \/>\nEverybody going to say &#8220;You, K!&#8221;<br \/>\nReluctantly, because most of this press don&#8217;t fuck with me<br \/>\nEstelle once said to me, &#8220;Cool down, down<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t act a fool now, now.&#8221;<br \/>\nI always act a fool ow, ow<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t nothing new now, now<br \/>\nHe crazy, I know what you thinking<br \/>\nRibena, I know what you&#8217;re drinking<br \/>\nRap singer, chain blinger<br \/>\nHoller at the next chick soon as you&#8217;re blinking<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s your persona about this Americana rhymer?<br \/>\nAm I shallow \u2018cause all my clothes designer?<br \/>\nUh, dressed smart like a London bloke<br \/>\nBefore he speak his suit bespoke<br \/>\nAnd you thought he was cute before<br \/>\nLook at this pea coat, tell me he&#8217;s broke<br \/>\nAnd I know you ain&#8217;t into all that<br \/>\nI heard your lyrics, I feel your spirit<br \/>\nBut I still talk that ca-a-ash<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause a lot of wags want to hear it<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m feeling like Mike at his baddest<br \/>\nLike The Pips at their gladdest<br \/>\nAnd I know they love it<br \/>\nSo to hell with all that rubbish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do you want to create your own rap lyrics? Try out this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.song-lyrics-generator.org.uk\/rap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rap Generator<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PART I: Chunking We will apply what we learnt about Intonation &amp; Stress: Pick one of the following Lyrics and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,3,8,9,10,2,49,48],"tags":[19,20,12],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1157"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3990,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1157\/revisions\/3990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rafamoreno.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}