Diction

Click on the titles of the songs below to hear the pronunciations of the texts. Feel free to use the playback controls to pause and replay sections that you didn’t get on the first hearing.  It is a good idea to have your score in hand as you listen, and write the pronunciations into your music (in pencil) so that you can reference them later as you rehearse the piece. You can use IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) or whatever makes sense to you personally.

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Ndandihleli

Pata Pata

Wie der Hirsch schreiet