Thursday, October 28, 2021
"In the Still of the Night"
In the line "Promise I'll never let you go" in "In the Still of the Night," "go" is sung with a melisma (B A), musically giving a sense of its meaning. "Might" in the line "Hold me again with all of your might" is sung with the same melisma, here giving a sense of the entirety of that "all."
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In the Still of the Night
Thursday, October 21, 2021
"Back Home"
The words "all alone" in the line "I'll run downstairs, fix my breakfast all alone" in "Back Home" start with the same initial sound, and this gives a sense of that singularity.
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Back Home
Thursday, October 14, 2021
"Blueberry Hill"
"Apart" in the line "Though we're apart" in "Blueberry Hill" is sung with a melisma (F# B G#), musically giving a sense of that division.
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Blueberry Hill
Thursday, October 7, 2021
"A Casual Look"
In the lines "You know she loved him / But was so young" in "A Casual Look," "young" is sung with a melisma (C# B), musically giving a sense of degree (for "so").
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A Casual Look
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