Audio Diction Guides
Your Choir Can Sing in Russian Like Native Singers!
Russian is an eminently "singable" language. It has pure vowels, like Latin and Italian, and intense consonants (like German) that help the sound flow. The two biggest factors that stand in the way of programming Russian choral works are the Cyrillic alphabet, and the scarcity of authoritative and reliable diction coaching.
Musica Russica's editions eliminate these obstacles! Musica Russica makes singing in Russian, Ukranian, and Church Slavonic a user-friendly experience. Our Russica
The Spoken Texts
In the Guides, you will hear the texts spoken by a native speaker, phrase-by-phrase, with pauses in between to allow for repetition, and then chanted, to allow singers to focus in on the vowels and consonants sustained in singing. Special techniques are given for dealing with some of the more unusual vowels and consonants.
License to Copy
The purchase of a single CD includes a "License to Copy", which entitles you to make as many duplicate copies as needed for your singers.
Types of Diction Coaching Products
We offer three types of Audio Diction Coaching Guides:
- Pre-Recorded Audio Diction Guides for all Major Works and Liturgical Cycles;
- Custom Diction CDs of one or several individual titles, made to your specifications;
- Downloads of individual Audio Diction Guides in mp3 format, available by going to each sheet music title's detail page.
PRE-RECORDED DICTION CDs:
Audio Diction Guides have been pre-recorded for the following Major Works and Liturgical Cycles.
CUSTOM DICTION CDs:
Custom Diction CDs are recorded upon demand, based on your specifications. The audio files are in .aiff format; once you receive the CD, you may convert the individual tracks into mp3 files for internal distribution to your singers.
IMPORTANT: When ordering custom Diction CDs, please indicate the catalog number and title of the sheet music in the "Comments" field of the Checkout page.
