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PHONETIC PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY. 187<br />

PHONETIC PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY<br />

OF ORGAN STOPS.<br />

Only such names as are likely to confront the student <strong>of</strong> the simple stop-<br />

terminology <strong>of</strong> English <strong>organ</strong>-building a»e included in this list. Obviously<br />

it has been compiled mainly to meet the needs <strong>of</strong> those who are unable to<br />

acquire their pronunciation by the customary mode <strong>of</strong> oral tradition. The<br />

few, so situated, who may desire to roam further afield will best supplement<br />

the information given in this handbook by seeking initiation into the rudi-<br />

mentary phonetic principles <strong>of</strong> the German and French tongues. Composite<br />

names are here divided. To discover the pronunciation <strong>of</strong> such a stopname<br />

as Voix Celeste, for instance, it will be necessary to refer to both<br />

V and C. It is to be understood that the pronunciation ordinarily refers<br />

to English, not Continental, usage. In some cases both versions are given<br />

(e.g., Piccolo), but it is perhaps well to point out that no undue purism in<br />

pronunciation is implied by this fact. The whole system <strong>of</strong> stop-terminology<br />

is so hopeless a conglomeration as to render pedantic and entirely mal at<br />

propos any such exactitude.<br />

KEY TO THE PHONETIC SCHEME.<br />

The vocal ictus is indicated by the accent ( ' ) placed over the syllable<br />

or syllables demanding such emphasis.<br />

Short vowel : a, as in at ; T, as in pin.<br />

Long vowel : a, as in May ; 7, as in pint.<br />

Other signs : ah, as in father ; oo, as in moon ; ch, as in loch (Scotch).<br />

A line under two syllables indicates that they are to be treated as a<br />

a synalepha, i.e., to be taken conjointly to express, as nearly as possible,<br />

one vowel sound. Thus ah-6b is intended to signify a sound rather broader<br />

than that represented by the diagraph ow (as in owl). The method is<br />

certainly clumsy, but it is impossible otherwise to express sounds which<br />

have no common equivalent in the English language.

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