112
Compound Tunes
Fall + Rise
Models :
But why didn’t you tell me?
`So
ˏ
sorry
.
That’s Ben.
I `thought his
face was fa
ˏ
miliar.
.
. .. ·
Where shall we go this year?
Somewhere in `Devon would
make a
nice
ˏ
change.
˙˙
..
.
Can I borrow your ruler?
I
seem to have mis`laid
ˏ
mine
. .· ˙
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 :
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