How do you pronounce his name? I always say (CHAH-pin) but I know that's not right, that's just the way I heard it when I was 5 and watching It Takes Two with the Olson twins.
2007-11-14 01:41:37 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
it would be much easier to explain, if english also had the german characters ä ö ü
Chopin is spelled Sho-pä (whereby ä is a nasal)
ä sounds like the vowel of Sam
http://www.yourdictionary.com/chopin
click on the "Hear It" button to listen how it's pronounced (it's not perfect, could be better)
2007-11-14 05:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by hahu077 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Chopin Pronunciation
2016-09-30 10:06:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Show-pan
Chopin
Fredrick
Fred-rick.
2007-11-14 12:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by :/ 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
His first name is also spelled Fryderyke, or sometimes Frédérik. It's pronounced as the english words 'Fried' and 'Reek' with 'air' in between: Fry-der-eek.
Last name is always spelled Chopin, but the pronunciation differs according on how American you want to sound. The easy way is to say 'Sho-pan' with a long A in the second syllable, as in the first syllable of 'Madrid'. The more proper way is to nasalise the last letter, N, as the french do, and take off the ridiculous stress that English insists be put on random sylables; it sounds quite different with a french pronunciation.
The 'Cho' is less fricitave, so imagine it half way between 'sho' and 'zho'. It's a hard sound to describe, but it's the last one you make in the word 'deluge'.
The second sylable is simply 'Pa', but make sure to half-form the N in your upper mouth, or the French will know you're faking it.
In conclusion; 'Fry-der-eek Zho-pa-'
2007-11-14 14:31:47 · answer #4 · answered by Pianist d'Aurellius 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Frederick Chopin - pronunciation, please?
How do you pronounce his name? I always say (CHAH-pin) but I know that's not right, that's just the way I heard it when I was 5 and watching It Takes Two with the Olson twins.
2015-08-12 07:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Please trust me, it's my job to teach and refine French/Italian/German diction for singers. First of all, you DO NOT pronounce the "n". The second syllable is basically "peh" with a little nasality. If you listen to native French speakers, you'll know what I mean. Ask a French teacher to say it for you. The first syllable is basically "sho" but WITHOUT a diphthong (in other words, not like the English word "show"). French has open and closed "o" - this one is open."
That would be true if Chopin were actually French; Chopin was Polish. It's "show-pan".
2007-11-16 14:10:59 · answer #6 · answered by theaamirsutra 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sho-pan
2007-11-14 02:58:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Show-pan
2007-11-14 01:59:19 · answer #8 · answered by tom g 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not French it's Sho-pin
2015-06-01 23:54:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pronounced Sh-oh-pan.
2007-11-14 03:04:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋