Oh Boy! by Buddy Holly and the Crickets (Lyrics)
The refrain of the Buddy Holly classic, "Oh Boy!" allows one to practice two vowel sounds: the /oʊ/ as in ROSE and the /ɔi/ as in the second syllable of TURQUOISE, as well as the consonant sound, /b/. The /oʊ/ as in ROSE sound is a diphthong - or a moving sound. The mouth position changes as the sound is formed. Begin with your lips rounded in a big circle and move them into a smaller tighter O with your lips puckered forward as they are when making the /w/ sound. As the circle created by your lips gets smaller, the tongue moves from a middle to high position. The /ɔi/ vowel sound is found in the second syllable of the word TURQUOISE, the OY sound. This sound is also a diphthong - meaning that the mouth position moves to create the sound. The sound begins with the lips in a slightly rounded, oval position and moves to a relaxed slightly parted position. The tongue is relaxed and moves from a mid-high to high position. The /b/ sound is a voiced sound - meaning the vocal cords vibrate when this sound is produced. The /b/ sound is paired with the voiceless /p/ sound because /p/ and /b/ take the same mouth position: the lips are fully together and then part quickly to produce a small release of air. For more information on using colors to represent vowel sounds watch: • The Color Vowel® Chart - A Teaching a... Oh Boy! by Buddy Holly and the Crickets - American English Listening and Pronunciation Practice - Vowel Sounds: /oʊ/ and /ɔi/ ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Recommended YouTube Channels @VividEnglishUS Pronunciation: @ClearEnglishCorner @rachelsenglish @hadar.shemesh @SoundsAmerican Listening/Speaking/Vocabulary Development: @englishwithantonio @LearnEnglishWithTVSeries ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Recommended ESL textbooks* Pronunciation and Accent Reduction: Mastering the American Accent by Lisa Mojsin: https://amzn.to/3F1veBs Listening and Speaking: The All Clear Series by Helen Kalkstein Fragiadakis All Clear Listening and Speaking 1: https://amzn.to/3VpOrlJ All Clear Listening and Speaking 2: https://amzn.to/3gEVvw3 All Clear Listening and Speaking 3: https://amzn.to/3tXNBBh Grammar: Betty Azar's Red, Black, and Blue Grammar Book series Basic English Grammar (beginner): https://amzn.to/3AJtqdU Fundamentals of English Grammar (intermediate): https://amzn.to/3F1HZMr Understanding and Using English Grammar (advanced): https://amzn.to/3AKm9dL Writing: Writing Clearly: Grammar for Editing (advanced) by Janet Lane and Ellen Lange: https://amzn.to/3u0Eyzf: Business English: English for Everyone - Business English Box Set: (pre-intermediate to upper intermediate/course book + practice book): https://amzn.to/3F1YxUF Amazon affiliate links. If you click a link and make a purchase, Vivid English earns a small commission. The price to you is the same. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● #learnenglishwithmusic #englishsonglyrics #englishpronunciation #englishpronunciationpractice #accentreduction
