Accents: A Manual for Actors- Revised and Expanded Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (900 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087910967X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 426 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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and British dialects to European accents that include, among others, the Germanic, Slavic and Romance Languages. Online audio is accessed at halleonard/mylibrary. (Limelight). Note: This ASIN doesn't include a CD. Completing his around-the-world journey, the author then covers the Middle East, Africa and Asia. This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive guide to accents available, now increased by a third in this revised printing. As before, the accents range from regional U.S
"Do Not Buy - No Audio Samples With Kindle Edition" according to Michael Sessums. Do not buy this as an ebook. An audio CD reportedly comes with the print version and online examples are supposed to be available at the Hal Leonard website. However, the website asks for a code to be entered that it says is only available on page 1 of each individually printed book. The Kindle version of this book does not contain this code which reduces its usefulness. Neither Amazon nor Hal Leonard were helpful in securing the promised audio examples. If you still must have this book, buy the physical. Contents of Disc 1 and Disc 2 Rice Krispies The discs are probably almost or more important than the text itself if you're trying to learn accents. Some of the accents don't seem terribly accurate (like the Asian ones) but there is a dearth of material on Asian and Middle Eastern accents. You can save money by buying used copies of this book, but some or both of the CD's are often missing. Here are the contents of the CD's (with practice phrases) if you're looking for specific accents.CD1(Red): British RP, London and Cockney, English Provincial, I. matt w radcliffe said Definitive guide to Accents for Actors, but really hard to navigate CD. The exercises and examples in this book are great, and there's no better resource for accents really available anywhere, but the necessary exercises on the CD are difficult to navigate because the tracks are broken down by chapter. This leads to lots of fast forwarding and rewinding to focus on specific exercises for a specific accent. For example, on a 6 minute track, there is Definitive guide to Accents for Actors, but really hard to navigate CD matt w radcliffe The exercises and examples in this book are great, and there's no better resource for accents really available anywhere, but the necessary exercises on the CD are difficult to navigate because the tracks are broken down by chapter. This leads to lots of fast forwarding and rewinding to focus on specific exercises for a specific accent. For example, on a 6 minute track, there is 45 seconds of Chicago accent practice that is mixed with other Midwest accents, New York accents and others, which means fast fo. 5 seconds of Chicago accent practice that is mixed with other Midwest accents, New York accents and others, which means fast fo