General American: Professional Accent Training for Actors
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Welcome to the program!
VIDEO: Welcome to the program!
Essential: Mark complete.
What makes accents so hard?
VIDEO: Do you find learning new accents a little tough or frustrating? You're not alone
The History of General American
VIDEO: Where does General American come from?
General American: Historical recordings
Triggers and Descriptions
VIDEO: Triggers and descriptors
The science of speech.
VIDEO: Neuroscience and learning an accent.
How does speech work?
Observing speech
VIDEO: Observing speech
The Observation list
Body language and posture: find your American vibe
VIDEO: Body language and posture
Your American Voice
General American Mouth Placement: All the muscle stuff!
VIDEO: What is General American placement?
VIDEO: Tension vs Activation
VIDEO: Your Jaw
VIDEO: Your Tongue
VIDEO: Your lips
VIDEO: The shortcut
PDF of the exercises
Vocal Fry and Nasality
VIDEO: Vocal fry
VIDEO: Nasality
Phonetics
The Phonetic symbols for General American sounds
General American Consonants
VIDEO: Introduction to the Consonants
VIDEO: Voiced and Voiceless (NN and everyone)
VIDEO: P, B, M
VIDEO: B, V, and W: (NN)
VIDEO: L, R, and W. (NN)
VIDEO: S or Z? (NN)
VIDEO: SH, CH, and J (NN)
VIDEO: T and D
VIDEO: TH's
VIDEO: NG
VIDEO: R
R listening Exercise. Which is American?
VIDEO: The H sound
The Dark L
VIDEO: T,D,N,L into TH
Semi-vowels (NN)
VIDEO: The semi-vowels W and Y (NN)
Vowels: Monophthongs
VIDEO: Intro to the vowels
VIDEO: The Schwa / Hesitance sound
Answers: where are the schwas?
VIDEO: [æ] cat
VIDEO: [ɑ] (lot, sorry)
VIDEO: [ɔ] (or, *all)
VIDEO: /ɛ/ (bed), /I/ (kiss) /i/ (me) (NN especially)
VIDEO: /ʌ/ but, love
VIDEO: /ʊ/ book, good
Vowels: Diphthongs
VIDEO: /oʊ/ oh and /uː/ true
VIDEO: /ɔi/ (boy, oil)
VIDEO: /ai/ (my, time)
VIDEO: /au/ (now, around)
VIDEO: /ei/ say, great
Word Connection
VIDEO: Linking words together
VIDEO: Coulda woulda word smash
Word stress and rhythm
VIDEO: Word stress and rhythm
ANSWERS to word stress listening
Intonation
VIDEO: Intonation
Intonation marking and ear training
Question intonation
Pronunciation and Vocabulary differences: RP vs General American
Vocabulary changes
Pronunciation differences
A few other random things worth mentioning
Common mistakes
VIDEO: Don't let these mistakes give you away
VIDEO: Accidental New Yorker
VIDEO: Accidental southerner
Clips to learn from
CLIPS to learn from.
Your Triggers
Designing your General American triggers
That's all folks!
VIDEO: That's a wrap!
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What makes accents so hard?
What makes accents so hard?
General American: Professional Accent Training for Actors
Buy now
Learn more
Welcome to the program!
VIDEO: Welcome to the program!
Essential: Mark complete.
What makes accents so hard?
VIDEO: Do you find learning new accents a little tough or frustrating? You're not alone
The History of General American
VIDEO: Where does General American come from?
General American: Historical recordings
Triggers and Descriptions
VIDEO: Triggers and descriptors
The science of speech.
VIDEO: Neuroscience and learning an accent.
How does speech work?
Observing speech
VIDEO: Observing speech
The Observation list
Body language and posture: find your American vibe
VIDEO: Body language and posture
Your American Voice
General American Mouth Placement: All the muscle stuff!
VIDEO: What is General American placement?
VIDEO: Tension vs Activation
VIDEO: Your Jaw
VIDEO: Your Tongue
VIDEO: Your lips
VIDEO: The shortcut
PDF of the exercises
Vocal Fry and Nasality
VIDEO: Vocal fry
VIDEO: Nasality
Phonetics
The Phonetic symbols for General American sounds
General American Consonants
VIDEO: Introduction to the Consonants
VIDEO: Voiced and Voiceless (NN and everyone)
VIDEO: P, B, M
VIDEO: B, V, and W: (NN)
VIDEO: L, R, and W. (NN)
VIDEO: S or Z? (NN)
VIDEO: SH, CH, and J (NN)
VIDEO: T and D
VIDEO: TH's
VIDEO: NG
VIDEO: R
R listening Exercise. Which is American?
VIDEO: The H sound
The Dark L
VIDEO: T,D,N,L into TH
Semi-vowels (NN)
VIDEO: The semi-vowels W and Y (NN)
Vowels: Monophthongs
VIDEO: Intro to the vowels
VIDEO: The Schwa / Hesitance sound
Answers: where are the schwas?
VIDEO: [æ] cat
VIDEO: [ɑ] (lot, sorry)
VIDEO: [ɔ] (or, *all)
VIDEO: /ɛ/ (bed), /I/ (kiss) /i/ (me) (NN especially)
VIDEO: /ʌ/ but, love
VIDEO: /ʊ/ book, good
Vowels: Diphthongs
VIDEO: /oʊ/ oh and /uː/ true
VIDEO: /ɔi/ (boy, oil)
VIDEO: /ai/ (my, time)
VIDEO: /au/ (now, around)
VIDEO: /ei/ say, great
Word Connection
VIDEO: Linking words together
VIDEO: Coulda woulda word smash
Word stress and rhythm
VIDEO: Word stress and rhythm
ANSWERS to word stress listening
Intonation
VIDEO: Intonation
Intonation marking and ear training
Question intonation
Pronunciation and Vocabulary differences: RP vs General American
Vocabulary changes
Pronunciation differences
A few other random things worth mentioning
Common mistakes
VIDEO: Don't let these mistakes give you away
VIDEO: Accidental New Yorker
VIDEO: Accidental southerner
Clips to learn from
CLIPS to learn from.
Your Triggers
Designing your General American triggers
That's all folks!
VIDEO: That's a wrap!
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VIDEO: Do you find learning new accents a little tough or frustrating? You're not alone