A "long" vowel sound is mainly when you hear the "name" of the letter in a word. A short vowel sound is an exhaled sound, such as "ah" or "eh" or "uh." Some sounds are neither long or short but a combination sound.
Examples:
fat (short A) - sounds like faht (f-ah-t)
fate (long A) - sounds like fayt (f-A-t)
A words that end in Y are typically all "long A sounds" : bay, day, way
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if it sounds not very pretty, here we call it a "blat". i am in band, you know.
Its a short piece of musicExample. TA-DAAA= fanfare
Music of the Spheres means silence or the sounds of nature, uncluttered with the sounds of man.
Country music does not have a specific date, nor does any other music in that matter. Music was invented long before any of you were born because some sounds are considered music so no one will have the date.
Rain and cape have long A sounds; ran and cap have short A's. Bead and neat have long E sounds; bed and net have short E's. Pile and ride have long I sounds; pill and rid have short I's. Hope and wrote have long O sounds; hop and rot have short O's. Mute and pure have long U sounds; mutt and purr have short U's.
No, the words then and there do not have long e sounds. Then has a short e, and there, rhymes with air, has a short a.
A long "a" sound is pronounced as the name of the letter itself, like in the word "cake." A short "a" sound is pronounced more like "ah," as in the word "cat."
"Afraid" has two vowel sounds. One of them is short and the other is long.
The U in music has a long U (long OO) sound, but the I is a short I.
[mu:zik] = a long u: and a short i
The word "humanity" has a long vowel sound, which means the first vowel "u" is pronounced with its full sound as in "h-yoo-manity."
[mu:zik] = a long u: and a short i
It has three short vowel sounds, for the A, the E, and the I.
[mu:zik] = a long u: and a short i
Yes, "behind" is considered a short vowel word. The short vowel sound in "behind" is the short 'e' sound.
The U in music is a long U (long OO) sound, and the I is a short I.