The definition of a vowel in music is the same as in any other context: it is one of the alphabet letters "a," "e," "i," "o," or "u." However, in music, they are referenced most often when discussing how to sing certain vowel sounds. For example, many choral directors and singing coaches recommend singing the "e" vowel through an "ah" shape of the mouth, particularly when singing Classical Music. Many also use a series of vowel sounds with a diatonic scale for warm up before singing, since it is easy to carry out a pitch on a vowel, while it is not possible on consonants such as "k" and "t," at least not in English. If this wasn't exactly what you meant by your question, perhaps you were referring to actual note names. In the musical alphabet, the notes "a" and "e" are the only ones which would be considered vowels.
A digraph. A digraph is when two consonants make one sound. "Ch," "sh," and "th" are other examples.
Write sentences using digraphs.
Vowel teams are a word with two vowel's
All words have to have a vowel in them. The five orthodox ones are a,e,i,o,u. However in words such as 'why' and 'sky', the 'y' can be taken to be the vowel. Y is considered a semi-vowel.
The unstressed vowel, or schwa, is the second vowel in Saturday:Sa-tur-day
"Boat" is a word with a vowel digraph, with the "oa" representing a single vowel sound.
Yes. The digraph OW has a long O vowel sound.
A split digraph is when a vowel digraph is split by a consonant, such as the 'e' at the end of a word making the vowel say its name as in "time" or "hope." It occurs when an 'e' at the end of a word changes the short vowel sound to a long vowel sound.
The word "your" contains a vowel pair (ou) rather than a vowel digraph. Vowel pairs are two adjacent vowels that each make their own distinct sound, while digraphs are two letters that make a single sound.
No. It has the digraph vowel OI (oy).
It has an OW sound (OW or OU digraph) and is not a long vowel sound.
A vowel digraph typically makes one sound, which is a unique sound that is different from the individual sounds of the vowels in the digraph. Examples include the "ai" in "rain" making the long /ā/ sound, or the "ea" in "leaf" making the long /ē/ sound.
A digraph is a combination of two letters that make a single sound, like "th" in "this." A vowel pair is two vowels that appear together in a word, where each vowel retains its individual sound, like "ea" in "eat."
Yes, "igh" is a vowel digraph. It is commonly found in words like "high" and "light" and represents the long "i" sound.
No. It has a long A as it is a split digraph. In fad the A ia a short vowel sound, like in "pad". However the E at the end of "fade" extends the vowel sound to make it an "ay" sound, like in paid. This is called a split digraph - see made, wade, tale, mane etc.
No. The A is unstressed (uh), the O is in an OW digraph (ou sound), and the E is silent.
Yes. The I and the A have short vowel sounds. (the QU is a digraph with KW sound)