Here we see the difference between Greek and Italian phonetics. Sophia's τ, κ, π are practically aspirated; sometimes her γ turns to g! In my experience coaching non-native Greek speakers at the chanter's stand, Greek consonants are very hard to grasp.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDMiUPcZst8 …
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As expected of a native French speaker, that's perhaps the best υ I have ever heard. Per this thread, I would soften τ & κ, especially to contrast with θ & χ. Your ρ, naturally, comes from the throat where in Greek it's from the roof of the mouth, ready to be trilled. 1/3
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I would not stop quite as long (possibly at all) at the punctuation marks in the text seeing as they reflect editors' tastes, but this is up to each rhapsode to decide. Vowels are good. Pitch accent is there (your acute tends to circumflex at times). 2/3
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Stress accent is there too, about which the debate rages on, but to my ear it draws away from the meter. This warms my heart; it's been a long time since I've heard something like this. Εὖγε! I'll record my take on this part tomorrow for comparison. 3/3
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I'm curious, have you read/listened to Stephen G. Daitz at all?
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Jesus! I just did. I raise my voice by about a fifth on an acute accent, but this guy is literally singing in falsetto.
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Would you believe me if I told you that was more or less his speaking voice?
He was my teacher; he's the one who engendered in me the love for Homer. A group of us would get together at his apartment Saturday mornings and go around reading Homer out loud. -
Admittedly his method was unorthodox: he had levels of reading we'd go through to acquire first the meter then the pitch accent, and he'd want us to exaggerate certain things (pitch, aspirates) because the modern ear isn't as sensitive to them.
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Level 4 was just reading the text in a sing-song way to get sensitive to the accents. I can still do a passable impression of him!
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