Diction Makes The World Go 'Round

Diction says data recovery tape lot about you erictile dysfunction your audience, and the delivery of your words may be hurting your reputation as a speaker, choir, or announcer. For the purposes of this article, I will refer to text as being "said", even if, in choir, it is being "sung". Anyone that has to present should be concerned with diction, for the following reasons:

* Good diction sounds more educated, and automatically translates to higher credibility with the listener.

* Good diction ensures that every word is understood by the audience, barring difficulties with the lexicon. Listeners like knowing what you said. Non-comprehension can cause confusion and a general feeling of being "behind".

* Good diction forces rhythmic integrity for choirs, and helps a speaker deliver smoothly and fluidly without losing clarity.

Clearly, poor diction sounds less educated, is harder to understand, can lose the listener, allows for sloppy music and the need for speakers to repeat words more clearly. Even the most important message of a lifetime can be ruined or marginalized because presentation is lacking. It should be of the utmost importance to individuals and ensembles to ensure that no message is disregarded because of something so easily remedied.

Here are a few ways to clean up your diction and avoid citibank student loan consolidation the wrong messages:

* web hosting asp net yourself in practice, and listen to the result. The places you don't like or have trouble understanding, your audience is likely to have at least as much trouble as you. Remember, you know what the text is supposed to be; the listener does not, and has no notes to refer back to.

* Speak your text, both in sections and straight through. For extemporaneous speakers, give the endowment policy sales from your notes several times, to have a solid feel of what you'll say. Choirs, speak text in rhythm, and fix trouble spots like cutoffs. Ensembles with meridia online cutoffs sound lazy, like the conductor simply could not be bothered to fix the error.

* Rehearse under the real speed/tempo of the presentation, to give you more time to hear errors, and speak clearly. When you are confident in the result, begin rehearsing well above the real speed. Particularly if your speech or song is highly energetic, this will be a true test of clear speech. How fast can you go while keeping the text crystal clear? Settle into the real tempo you'll be using for either the song or the speech just enough days in advance to lock it in for the event.

* Decide how each word should be pronounced in the context in which you use it. If you sing a spiritual, it's not the time to make the choir pretend to have all been raised in England. Singing in Latin is not the time to let the country twang that is natural for the southern choir predominate in the music. Remember in your speech that "often" is pronounced "offin" - the "t" is silent. Pronouncing it with the "t" began as an attempt to demonstrate that one knew how the word was spelled; many people have now heard it so regularly that they think it is correct.

* If you're presenting in a language that isn't native for you, consult a native speaker, or someone intimately familiar with the language, and get help with pronunciation. If you also wrote the text, make sure you used phrasing idiomatic to the language, and did nothing that could be misunderstood as offensive.

If you and/or your ensemble put these points into practice, the resulting pronunciation will improve dramatically. Your listeners, whether at a concert or in a lecture hall will appreciate the difference, and you will know that you were understood. The difference is valuable, easy to make, and can re-define your level of excellence.

Good luck in your progress!

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William Hoyle is a student in Music Theory and Composition, a choir member, a student conductor, and an active member of the American Choral Directors Association. He graduates in May 2008, after which he is getting married and moving to Maine. His hope is to become certified as a music educator there, and teach choir while continuing to write his own music. Samples of his music can be heard at williamhoylemusic.wshttp://williamhoylemusic.ws and he is available for commission. In his spare time, he also participates in affiliate marketing on his website earningfastfromhomehttp://earningfastfromhome If you're interested in extra income from some time at the computer in the evening, feel free to visit that site.