Compound Tunes
Fall + Rise
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Models :
But why didn’t you tell me? `So ˏsorry
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That’s Ben. I `thought his face was faˏmiliar.
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Where shall we go this year?
Somewhere in `Devon would make a nice ˏchange.
˙˙ .. .
Can I borrow your ruler? I seem to have mis`laid ˏmine
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All the tunes containing more than one nuclear tone are called compound.
The Fall + Rise is a combination of the High Fall and the Low Rise.
The Fall and the Rise always occur on separate syllables. The fall starts from a very high level and ends very low. Any syllables occurring between the High Fall and Low Rise are said on a very low pitch. Notional words are stressed. The falling part marks the idea which the speaker wants to emphasize and the rising part marks an addition to this main idea.
The combination of the High Fall with the Low Rise is used in sentences expressing a highly emotional reaction to the situation. It is often heard :
In statements, sounding apologetic, appreciative, grateful, regretful, sympathetic, persuasively reassuring, pleading, plaintive.
e.g. Whose turn is it then? – It’s `mine ˏactually.
e.g. How did this get broken? – I’m most `terribly ˏsorry.
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