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Encyclopedia > Melismatic

An attribute of some Islamic and Gregorian chants, it is the style of singing several notes to one syllable of text. Most chants and/or calls to worship make extensive usage of melismatic singing.


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Philip Tagg | Melisma - EPMOW entry (2000) (713 words)
Melismatic is usually opposed to syllabic, the latter meaning that each note is sung to a different syllable.
Melismatic and syllabic are used relatively to indicate the general character of a vocal line in terms of notes per syllable, some lines being more melismatic, others more syllabic.
Melismatic singing differs more radically than syllabic singing from everyday speech in that it is uncommon to change pitch even once, let alone several times, within the duration of one spoken syllable.
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The simultaneous action of inflexion and the melismatic phonemes produces a perfect song in form and language endowed with a much deeper emotional content than the poetic text, the added speech sounds proving to be exceptionally rich in melodic and musical tenor.
The melismatic technique is often handled with ease and command the point that each verse of the couplet 6/8 gives by itself one and the same basic melody.
The melismatic technique of the quan ho helps to bring about a rational demarcation between two concepts, bordering on verbal poetry and vocal music, which often blend to be conveyed by one and the same expression in other languages than Vietnamese: ca dao and dan ca.
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