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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0277 – Nervous Newbies
Description: 2021.10.04 – 0277 – Nervous NewbiesThis person is a beginner in reading, perhaps live on air. Their problem is that they start their read not on their ‘home pitch’ but one or two octaves higher, which means that when they need to intonate a word using a slightly higher pitch there’s little head room to move in to. It can sound painful for humans to hear – although dogs may be able to! As well as internal and external stress contributing to a higher register, the style and content of some presenters leads to them speaking this way:...