To: "Vocalist" <vocalist>,
Subject: Re: Pronunciation of -ed
Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 11:55:05 -0800
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Sing "de - *priv* - ed" with very little word stress on the "ed" [ehd], with
most stress on the "priv". Hope this helps.

Marje
mbunday-at-earthlink.net

dennis collins wrote:
>In Dowland's songs, at least in the Stainer & Bell edition, the "-ed" of a
>past participle, which normally isn't pronounced as a syllable in modern
>English, has its own note, sometimes rather long. For example, the last
>(whole) note of "Flow my tears" is written on the "ed" of "deprived"
>(preceded by two 16ths for "de" and one 8th for "priv"). How is one
>supposed to sing this? What do the experts do?