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   ocr: Singing In Italian Italy holdsa a central place in the history of singing partly because of the nature off - the Italian language. Italian when spoken 1S already distinguished by its musical characteristics, Itis: fluid and mellifluous to listen to and uses a wide range of pitches to heighten the expression of meaning. More importantly, Italian vowels and consonants are: extremely user-friendly to singers. There are. comparatively few vowelsounds,and hardly any complex diphthongs. Italian vowels are thus characterised by their purity. The predominance of open vowels (the equivalent tin English ...