• Melisma (Greek: μέλισμα, mélisma, lit. 'song'; from μέλος, melos, 'song, melody', plural: melismata) is the singing of a single syllable of text while...
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  • (UK CD single liner notes). Matchbox 20. Atlantic Records, Lava Records, Melisma Records. 1997. AT0034CD, 7567-95562-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint:...
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  • Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. On April 17, 2000, Atlantic, Lava, and Melisma Records serviced "Bent" to US and Australian radio stations. The first...
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  • study of conductus of the 12th and 13th centuries. The cauda was a long melisma on one of the last syllables of the text, repeated in each strophe. Conducti...
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    v t e Melody Balungan Cadence Interval Melisma Melodic motion Motif Ornament Trill Pattern Phrasing Pitch Rhythm Sequence Steps and skips Timbre Type...
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  • (Atlanta) Genre Alternative rock Post Grunge Length 3:59 Label Atlantic Lava Melisma Songwriter(s) Rob Thomas Matt Serletic Producer(s) Matt Serletic Matchbox...
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    clean, cool mezzo-soprano." Lauren Everitt from BBC News commented on melisma used in Houston's recording and its influence. "An early 'I' in Whitney...
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    music industry. Carey has also been credited for popularizing the use of melisma amongst her peers and the generation after her, and has often been considered...
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  • may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements...
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  • vocal styles that dominate the music they are performed in, including melisma and belting, and overuse of embellishments on one sound. Professor and...
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  • (Australian maxi-CD single liner notes). Rob Thomas. Atlantic Records, Melisma Records. 2005. 7567936802.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in...
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    revolutionizing the usage of distinguished vocal stylings including that of melisma and the whistle register. Noted as the forerunner of both techniques, journalists...
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    learning to sing wide intervals comfortably, singing trills, singing melismas and correcting vocal faults. Vocal pedagogists instruct their students...
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    MacDonald identified the influence of Indian classical music in "exotic melismas in the bass part" on "Rain" and described the playing as "so inventive...
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    trajectory into an aerobatic spiral of leaping, quivering, and scalloping melismas". Ron Fair—A&R executive from RCA Records—was impressed by her "perfect...
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  • single liner notes). Matchbox Twenty. Atlantic Records, Lava Records, Melisma Records. 1998. 7567-95556-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others...
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    This was developed by Vilayat Khan into a technique that imitated the melisma of the vocal style, a technique known as gayaki ang. Sometimes, sitar could...
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  • (Australian CD single liner notes). Matchbox Twenty. Atlantic Records, Melisma Records. 2002. 7567854082.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in...
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    of the Boston Herald remarked: "For every hand-fluttering, overwrought, melisma addict out there aping Mariah's dog calls, there's an equal number trying...
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  • maxi-CD single liner notes). Matchbox 20. Atlantic Records, Lava Records, Melisma Records. 1997. 7567956152.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in...
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    performer, he is recognized for his strong head voice, high belting range, and melisma. His first hit song, "Love Is" (with Vanessa Williams) was recorded for...
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    Alternative rock post-grunge pop rock Years active 1995–2004 2007–present Labels Melisma Lava Atlantic Members Rob Thomas Brian Yale Paul Doucette Kyle Cook Past...
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    breathy voice suggests smallness, she easily accommodates with up-to-date melisma, unadorned legato, and quiet crooning. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic...
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  • is sometimes reserved for notes that are sung on one syllable of text (melisma). Modern notation of vocal music encourages the use of beaming in a consistent...
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    first recording for her then-label Jive in 1997. The prominent use of melisma and vibrato as she continuously raises key into a high range was viewed...
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  • played one after another, sometimes overlapping. melancolico Melancholic melisma The technique of changing the note (pitch) of a syllable of text while...
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  • single liner notes). Matchbox Twenty. Atlantic Records, Lava Records, Melisma Records. 2001. AT0090CD, 7567-84990-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint:...
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    vocal performances are characterized by harmonization, vocal runs and melisma. Stereogum stated that "Brown’s voice is an undeniably powerful instrument...
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  • series. Kobushi Factory, a Japanese girl idol group Kobushi, a form of melisma characteristic of Enka singing. This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    has "a good-sized arsenal of technical skills. She can deliver tricky melismas, produce expressive vocal catches and sustain long notes without the tiniest...
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