The Diction Police
Ellen RissingerPractical Diction for Classical Singers
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 191 | Founded | 15 years ago |
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| Categories | ArtsPerforming Arts | ||||
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In this episode, Jason Nedecky is back to talk about unstressed vowels, the consonant cluster 'str', and triphthongs, using Purcell’s "Strike the viol".
The Diction Police website offers phonetic transcripts of texts, with word-for-word and poetic t... more
In this episode, Jason Nedecky is back to talk about unstressed vowels, the consonant cluster 'str', and triphthongs, using Purcell’s "Strike the viol".
The Diction Police website offers phonetic transcripts of texts, with word-for-word and poetic t... more
Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.
In Diction Tip #33, Jason Nedecky talks about the long vowels that occur in British Received Pron... more
In Episode 114, Jason Nedecky leads us through the text to Purcell's "What can we poor females do?", talking about long vowels, the Daniel Sitteth rule, and the difference between the [ʌ] vowel and [ə].
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com ... more
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- Required Listening for Singers and Vocal Coaches!
Magical combination of precision and artistic expression in diction. What did we ever do before?
No doubt it was The Diction Police podcast that actually caused the authors of diction books to begin including audio CDs. No substitute for hearing authentically pronounced words, meaningfully inflected.
Love the instruction for learning a new song or opera role: first memorize the text , before learning a single note of the music. Genius! (Why didn't my voice teachers suggest this?!)
Apple Podcasts5Gretchen Greenfield
United States6 years ago - Useful and enlightening!
I learn something new nearly every episode—I’m a voice teacher and professional singer. I’m sorry I’m eight years late on becoming a listener!
Apple Podcasts5efiordUnited States7 years ago - Pure Gold
Everyone who sings anything should be listening to this
Apple Podcasts5janeybabeUnited States10 years ago - down with terrible accents
I'm not sure how broadly applicable this podcast is for foreign language students. If you have a vocal music background and have done vocal performance in languages you don't speak well tho, the material will be very logical and straightforward.
I have not tried to use this as a tool for tackling new languages for singing, just for improving my terrible French accent. Like a lot of adult language students, I read and listen to French at a much higher level than I can use in speaking. I also hav... more
Apple Podcasts5TorrilinUnited States12 years ago - An Opera singer's dream come true :)
If you've already spent your coaching budget on shoes and handbags, don't stress!! This is like having a personal diction coach in your pocket. All your favorite songs and arias are discussed, spoken by native speakers and diction rules explained. Special guests: opera stars, conductors and the one and only Miss Kitty Fantastico!
Apple Podcasts5catspajamas73
Canada13 years ago
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