Episodes
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Episode 98-SDU Tutorial (Audio Version)
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
In this episode, Jason Nedecky and I work our way through the text to Handel’s "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah, talking about the letter 'L', a little bit about glottals, and when to knowingly break the rules of lyric diction!
The NY Times article that I mentioned, entitled "In Handel's 'Messiah', the trumpet as divine agent" is available here.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Episode 98-SDU Tutorial
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
Saturday Sep 09, 2017
In this episode, Jason Nedecky and I work our way through the text to Handel’s "The Trumpet Shall Sound" from Messiah, talking about the letter 'L', a little bit about glottals, and when to knowingly break the rules of lyric diction!
The NY Times article that I mentioned, entitled "In Handel's 'Messiah', the trumpet as divine agent" is available here.
For more information, go to dictionpolice.com
Monday Apr 24, 2017
Episode 94-SDU Tutorial
Monday Apr 24, 2017
Monday Apr 24, 2017
In Episode 94 Jason Nedecky discusses "Where e'er you walk", one of the most famous arias from Handel’s Semele, concentrating a lot on the different forms the letter 'r' can take.
For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
Episode 94-SDU Tutorial (audio version)
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
In Episode 94 Jason Nedecky discusses "Where e'er you walk", one of the most famous arias from Handel’s Semele, concentrating a lot on the different forms the letter 'r' can take. This is the audio version of the podcast for people prefer to listen to podcasts while they’re out and about.
For more Video Tutorials, Text Readings, and PDFs with phonetic transcriptions as well as translations into several languages, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Episode 90-SDU Tutorial (Audio Version)
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
In Episode 90, Jason Nedecky and I focus on the text to Purcell's "Sweeter than Roses", written as incidental music for Richard Norton's Pausanius, Betrayer of His Country. We concentrate on the different forms of the letter 'i' (both spelling and phonetic), some pronunciation shifts between American Standard and British Received Pronunciation, and glottals. This is the audio version of the podcast.
For more Video Tutorials and Text Readings, as well as our Facebook Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series, or for the accompanying PDF for this Tutorial, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Episode 90-SDU Tutorial
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
Saturday Feb 25, 2017
In Episode 90, Jason Nedecky and I focus on the text to Purcell's "Sweeter than Roses", written as incidental music for Richard Norton's Pausanius, Betrayer of His Country. We concentrate on the different forms of the letter 'i' (both spelling and phonetic), some pronunciation shifts between American Standard and British Received Pronunciation, and glottals.
For more Video Tutorials and Text Readings, as well as our Facebook Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series, or for the accompanying PDF for this Tutorial, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Diction Tip #11
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
Saturday Feb 04, 2017
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 this Diction Tip, Jason Nedecky talks about strong and weak forms of pronunciation that can happen in English Diction.
For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Treatment of 'r'
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017
Jason Nedecky's PDF on the Treatment of the letter 'r' in English Lyric Diction.
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Episode 86-SDU Tutorial (audio version)
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
In Episode 86, Jason Nedecky and I work through the text to Purcell's "Sound the Trumpet", focusing on diphthongs, glottals, and the unstressed open [ɪ] in English Diction. This is the audio version of the podcast.
I had also promised to post some of the articles on sleep that I've seen over the years:
There are lots more, I'll be posting them on the Facebook page all week!
For more Video Tutorials and Text Readings, or for the accompanying PDF for this Tutorial, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Episode 86-SDU Video Tutorial
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
Saturday Nov 12, 2016
In Episode 86, Jason Nedecky and I work through the text to Purcell's "Sound the Trumpet", focusing on diphthongs, glottals, and the unstressed open [ɪ] in English Diction.
I had also promised to post some of the articles on sleep that I've seen over the years:
There are lots more, I'll be posting them on the Facebook page all week!
For more Video Tutorials and Text Readings, or for the accompanying PDF for this Tutorial, please visit us at www.dictionpolice.com . You can also follow The Diction Police on Facebook and Twitter.