At 4/7/2006 11:33 AM, Andrew Stiller wrote: >On Apr 6, 2006, at 4:05 PM, Peter Taylor wrote: > >> Whenever the "speaking" of songs instead of singing them is the topic, >> I'm always reminded of Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins in the London >> stage production of My Fair Lady. He had a wonderful speaking voice, >> but you get the definite impression he couldn't sing a note. >> > >Indeed he could not. Having him speak the lyrics in rhythm was a >desperate kludge that turned out to be perfect for the character. Each >of the songs does in fact have a clear melody that you can hear in the >orchestra; the combination of this w. Harrison's spoken delivery >results in a combined effect very close to what one would experience if >he had actually been singing.
My question is, could you have notated a part for Professors Higgins, such that, a performer unaware of previous performances, could have replicated that part?
And, here is a question for notaters in general: If rap is music. How many of you would be interested in notating it? Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
