# Tunes There are **7 tunes** to describe single-syllable word groups. **Low Fall:** The voice falls during the word from medium to a very low pitch. **High Fall:** The voice falls during the word from a high to a low pitch. **Rise-Fall:** The voice first rises from fairly low to a high pitch, then quikly falls to a very low pitch. **Low Rise:** The voice rises during a word from a low to a medium pitch, or a little above. **High Rise:** The voice rises during the word from a medium to a high pitch. **Fall-Rise:** The voice first falls from high to a rather low pitch, then within the same word rises to a medium pitch. **Mid-Level:** The voice maintains a level of pitch between high and low but neither rise nor fall. Tones can be... * **Simple Tones:** Tones that consist of two nuclear tones. * **Compound Tune:** Contains two nuclear tones. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://mcgill-phonetics-lab.gitbook.io/intonations-of-colloquial-english/anatomy-of-english-intonation/anatomy.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.