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unemphatic speech and widely used in combination with any of
the main 6 nuclear tones.
If unstressed syllables descend gradually in pitch the scale
is called the Falling Head.
It’s just the time for your midday milk.

J.D. O’Connor and G.F. Arnold in “Intonation of
Colloquial English” (1973) established a new type of head – a high
head. Both stressed and unstressed syllables are pronounced on the
same high pitch.

A head beginning on a low pitch and remaining there is
called a low head.

The Low Head is typical of English emphatic speech. The
impression created by this head ranges from indifference to
hostility. Low Head is usually combined with Low Rise, Low Fall
and High Fall.
I think you ought to apologize.

A head beginning on a low pitch and gradually rising
towards the high-falling nucleus is called a rising head.
Where did you go that day?

The Sliding head presents a fall in pitch, which is not
gradual, but even “jumpy”. The stressed syllables in that case are

marked [ ].
I know you never loved me.

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