57-865 Grad Diction: German

3 units, Carnegie Mellon University

In this course, graduate students will review the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in conjunction with the German rules of spelling and grammar to pronounce the German language particularly as it pertains to singing music, a.k.a. "lyric diction." Students will review how to pronounce each letter with its corresponding sound(s), review rules of pronunciation as well as exceptions to those rules, and develop a technique of IPA transcription as applied to actual pieces of music.

Prerequisites: none listed

Offered: Fall 2026, Fall 2025

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