Monday, March 30, 2020

"Hi Lili, Hi Lo"

In the line "A song of love is such a sad song" in "Hi Lili, Hi Lo," the "sad" is sung with a melisma (E D), musically giving a sense of degree (for "such").

Monday, March 23, 2020

"Since I Don't Have You"

It's a bit difficult to tell because it occurs during the fade out, but I think the last line of "Since I Don't Have You" is "Because you know that since I don't have you, I'm so blue."  The "so" here is sung with a melisma (G F), musically giving a sense of degree.

Monday, March 16, 2020

"Untie Me"

In the line "And you don't want me anymore" in "Untie Me," the "-more" of "anymore" is sung with a melisma (B A G A B, I think), so while it's negated ("not... anymore"), there's a musical sense of continuation.

While referencing the recording in order to write this post, I also noticed that "ago" in the line "Not too long ago, you said you'd love me to the end" is also sung with a melisma (D F# E).  While this is also negated, that articulation gives a sense of duration or perhaps even degree (for that "too").

Monday, March 9, 2020

"It's Gonna Work out Fine"

I found some old notes that I neglected to include when I made my initial posts.

In the "so fine" at the end of "It's Gonna Work out Fine," the "fine" is sung with a melisma (C Bb A), musically giving a sense of degree (for that "so").