Pronunciation of Standard German

Learning a language one might want to know how to pronounce it correctly. With Standard German one has not much difficulties as it is widely pronounced as written. But as it is a constructed languaged with basics from only one German region the pronunciation gets coloured by different accents. To get deeper into this matter by examples you may inform yourself here: http://www.german-grammar.de/grammar/content/grammar_1_5.htm#chapter2

About the pronunciation of the single vocals and consonants the very perfectionate Germans love to dispute about which one would be the correct one. There is an orderly standardised pronunciation catalogue of course. But in some regions it seems not very practical, although the people might not use a dialect but only allowing themselves an accent. So for anyone from outside I would like to suggest: Just pronounce the single letters as you do in your native language. There will undoubtedly exist a region in which it is pronounced like you do. Should you just stay in a different area you can always honestly confess you would be "not from here". That is what peaceful Germans do, too. You need not get caught in the crossfire about correct pronunciation. 

There are people who pronounce "ch" in the depth of their throats, while others bring it up to their tongue. You may also hear it as "tsch", "sch" or "k". 

There are also people who dare to pronunce -ig on the end of a word as -ig and not as -ich. And for the German "r" I would like to present you the following example as the whole world knows that the Germans cannot pronounce it at all: