The International Phonetic Alphabet will give the singer all he or she needs to read, write, and articulate IPA sounds. It is a manual where students compare and contrast words to hear specific sounds, read and write IPA transcriptions, read the sounds of nonsense words (which lays a foundation for reading foreign language transcriptions), become aware of the articulators and how they produce each sound, and sing examples for greater awareness of how to handle each sound while singing. Because, one at a time, it focuses on each symbol, its sound, its articulation, and any special concerns for singing, it gives the singer a solid foundation for learning all aspects of the sounds of singing. It solves the problems of: becoming more aware of the many sounds of language, in a remarkably fun and enlightening manner; communicating about specific sounds more clearly; pronouncing foreign language sounds more accurately; understanding and taking advantage of foreign language transcriptions of songs with ease and accuracy; understanding and utilizing advanced texts on singing, most of which use IPA as the basis of their information; and laying a foundation for learning the diction "rules" of a foreign language.