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Note: This ASIN doesn't include a CD. (Limelight). This practical reference manual, with its precise, authentic instructions on how to speak in more than 100 dialects, has established itself as the most useful and comprehensive guide to accents available, now increased by a third in this revised printing. As before, the accents range from regional U.S. and British dialects to European accents that include, among others, the Germanic, Slavic and Romance Languages. Completing his around-the-world journey, the author then covers the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 087910967X
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Limelight; Revised & Expanded edition (August 1, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780879109677
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0879109677
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.03 x 0.9 x 8.98 inches
Reviewer: emily
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: excellent reference
Review: I used this book to create a standard RP accent for a character. As the author says, producing an accent for stage isn't a matter of simple imitation, but of developing a unique accent that suits a particular character. This book was helpful for me as a guide on how to make decisions about this character's accent, from resonance to vowel shapes to cadence and pitch. I found it very easy to use the book, though learning to read the phonetic alphabet will help you a lot with this. I had a particularly hard time with the "o" sound in "no," (a crucial sound in Received Pronunciantion) and the book gave me the information and exercises I needed to to nail it. It also lists movies to watch with good accents to listen to, another resource I found helpful in making decisions about my character's accent. If your aim is strict imitation, this might not be the book you're looking for, but if you want a resource that will help you create an appropriate, believable accent that doesn't distract the audience, I think you'll find no better book.

Reviewer: Collena McMinn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No cd
Review: Only receive one cd instead of two

Reviewer: Allegra Shunk
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: An useful teacher
Review: I’ve only learned one accent so far, but it was extremely useful and genuinely teaches you how to speak in the accent. I was told by someone who lived in that country that my accent sounded realistic.

Reviewer: Darren B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic Book - very detailed
Review: Robert Blumenfeld has spent years collecting the very essence of different accents. He tells you how to position your mouth, tongue and lips to create the sounds that mimic accents from all over the world.It takes a bit of time to understand why you make the sounds that you do while you're speaking, but once that work has been done you know what to change to create the accent that you are going for.Robert includes specific instructions on which syllable to stress and how the tone of your voice should rise and fall during a sentence.This manual is not for the faint of heart - it takes practice and perserverance to get through the book, but for a serious actor looking to add accents to their performance this is the book for you!

Reviewer: Rice Krispies
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Contents of Disc 1 and Disc 2
Review: The discs are probably almost or more important than the text itself if you're trying to learn accents. Some of the accents don't seem terribly accurate (like the Asian ones) but there is a dearth of material on Asian and Middle Eastern accents. You can save money by buying used copies of this book, but some or both of the CD's are often missing. Here are the contents of the CD's (with practice phrases) if you're looking for specific accents.CD1(Red): British RP, London and Cockney, English Provincial, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, India and SriLanka, Australia and New Zealand, Carribean, American 1900's Upper Class, Southern US, Northern US, Canadian, French CD2 (Blue) {note these clips are considerably shorter] Spanish, Italian, Portugeuse, Romanian, German, Yiddish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian and Ukranian, Polish, Czech and Slovak, Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Finnish, Estonian/Latvian (Lettish)/Lithuanian, Basque, Albanian, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, East and West African, South African, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnam, Burma, Indonesia and Singapore, Thailand, The Phillipines, Armenian, Georgian, Mongolian, Uzbek.

Reviewer: D. Kalman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A lifesaver in many ways...
Review: As a character actor that specializes in vocal effects and dialects, I have found Robert Bluemenfeld's book to be a life saver in preparing for accents that I am not typically comfortable in pulling off. I am a particuarly voracious user of the CD's that accompnay the book. They have been incredibly useful to me in studying and preparing for an audition that requires a particular dialectic treatment. I highly recommend this book and its CD's to any actor that is confronted with having to present an accurate dialect or accent.

Reviewer: matt w radcliffe
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Definitive guide to Accents for Actors, but really hard to navigate CD
Review: The exercises and examples in this book are great, and there's no better resource for accents really available anywhere, but the necessary exercises on the CD are difficult to navigate because the tracks are broken down by chapter. This leads to lots of fast forwarding and rewinding to focus on specific exercises for a specific accent. For example, on a 6 minute track, there is 45 seconds of Chicago accent practice that is mixed with other Midwest accents, New York accents and others, which means fast forwarding and rewinding to repeat the exercise- not an effective use of time.

Reviewer: Bookie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best book on accents for actors or voice over artists
Review: Excellent resource. He know so much about how to give you an analysis of a dialect. He also is extremely well read and adds in lots of tidbits in his chapters. I think its a good read in general because he writes really. If you never learned an accent you'd get a great learning experience from his book. The CD is invaluable aid in learning dialects.

Reviewer: Dinsdale
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book gives practical guidance for actors and teachers. It does give lots of info on prosody and rhythm and tone patterns. The author uses a strange adapted alphabet to represent a range of speech sounds- phonetic transcription would have been simpler but the reader can get used to it. For British actors it would be nice to have more than four British accents. But it's useable and it encourages the reader to analyse so the skills are transferrable.

Reviewer: Mark Thrice
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: the CD is a must have for any actor or comedian.

Reviewer: T H
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Very comprehensive in its breadth and depth, covers many languages. The author certainly has a first hand grasp of the languages covered. Instructive easy to follow. Certainly a reference to keep and refer back to when extending ones range.

Reviewer: MorvenSwan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bought this book as a present for a non actor that enjoys practising accents. So far she has developed her Scottish and her Russian 🙂

Reviewer: Mr. P. G. W. Cole
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Good if you need the depth and detail but it’s not what I was looking for. Like these droids