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Originally Posted by yuriyuri
It appears I totally forgot to write out that one extra line in my last post that would have made some difference to what I was saying.
Speaking in monotone was basically my way of learning to control my voice. To learn about pitch accents I went to places like iKnow (I think its now smartFm) and copied the voice actors on there.
I think it's called shadowing?
Sorry for any confusion.
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I figured that's what you meant, yuriyuri: that the monotone was just a phase to help on your way to gaining a better accent. I just wanted to clarify for OP that you didn't literally mean "monotone is the correct Japanese accent." Although I do suppose it is possible to speak with monotone and have the English stress accent. But it's not as natural as a monotone non-stress. It's possible to say "i am GOing TO the STORE" in a single pitch, but it's more natural to say "i am going to the store" with a single pitch.
I learned to roll my r's in Spanish similarly: by making an
extremely forceful "t" sound until my tongue would flap around a bit in my mouth. Then I learned to control that flapping, which eventually became my nice rolling "r."