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Posted by jakdedert on 10/05/39 11:53
Doc wrote:
> "trike" <dougtricarico@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1153394474.953052.118780@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
>> Doc wrote:
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>>> I'm personally not keen on this "urban warble" style of vocal delivery
>>> that's become ubiquitous among female singers both black and white.
>> That's called "melisma."
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> .nod Various embellishments, arpeggiating etc. on a particular vowel, but I
> made up my own term for it since what they do seems to follow a distinctive
> (and irritating) stylistic path of its own. I could probably call it "urban
> melisma". Non-musicians might not know what I'm talking about.
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> It drives me nuts that so many female singers fall into it. I can't stand
> listening to Christina Aguilera because of it. She has a great vocal
> instrument, but it just sounds so contrived.
>
Her performance was--for me--the low point of a pretty shoddy Grammy
show this year. She wandered around the melody for an entire song
without ever actually singing one actual note on the staff.
Total BS....
jak
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