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drwscefn
08-15-2001, 04:52 PM
Daft question, but you need to 'talk the talk' if you're gonna 'walk the walk'

but what is the phonetic pronounciation of these...

Ionian
Aeolian
Phrygian
Lydian

IONIAN - is it AYE-ON-E-N or AYE-OH-KNEE-EN etc.

i can probably guess the rest like Dorian etc.

some of them seem to have too many vowles for one word!

I even say Pentatonic as Pen-tonic.

Back to English lessons for me.

bobcat
08-15-2001, 07:29 PM
i-o-ni-an
Long "i" sound (i)
Long "o" sound (o)
Long "e" sound (the "ni" sounds like "knee")
Short "i" sound (the "an" sounds more like "in")
:p

CaputMortuus
08-16-2001, 12:12 AM
Phyrgian with a soft G such as fer-jee-an