Unit 10. Tones and Scales
The pitch and sentence stress components of intonation can be represented graphically either on the so-called staves or in the line of text itself.
The staves are two horizontal (parallel) lines which represent the approximate upper and lower limits of the pitch range of the voice in speech.
Speech melody together with sentence-stress is indicated on the staves with the help of dashes, curves and dots placed on different levels:
A dash (—) represents a stressed syllable pronounced with level pitch.
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