Sunday, May 13, 2018

"Wendy"

In the second line of "Wendy" ("We went together for so long"), the "long" is emphasized in two different ways.  I think it's sung with a melisma in all of the vocal parts, but the most prominent voice sings it to the phrase G C Bb A G.  All of the vocal parts hold the word for almost two full measures too.  Both of these features give a musical sense of that length of time.