When human beings speak, the tones they use are confined to a fixed range in a manner similar to the Octave in music. There are six tones in all and they are therefore referred to as “the Hexatave” in speech. We should identify these tones and then arrange them from high to low. We should then learn a specimen of each of these tones like a jingle. Any tone we want to use is then fit into this jingle. A student can then learn to pronounce any word in any language, e.g. Cantonese in the correct tone. This knowledge is immensely helpful to those who need to learn the so-called “tonal languages”.

For further information, see the publications to simplify the methodology and learning of the spoken languages of the world:

     (1)  The Musical Approach Concept in the Study of Languages [click to download];

     (2)  Speech Analysis and the Hexatave [click to download].