Pronouncing Guide is a standard for the English-speaking musician, this book is a comprehensive and useful tool for achieving accurate pronunciation. The phonetic symbols are intuitive and ease the way to getting a real "feel" of the sounds in the language. Each letter or groups of letters used in the language are covered and related to the phonetic symbols. Another helpful tool in pronunciation contained in this book, is a listing of terminations. These lead you to understand standard elements of tense or gender and, in addition, suffixes that have a consistent meaning. Finally, you have a vocabulary that covers the essentials needed in conversation and in a musical context.