At 3:56 PM -0400 4/29/07, dhbailey wrote:
Christopher Smith wrote:
On Apr 29, 2007, at 3:39 PM, Andrew Stiller wrote:
You don't say what your hyphenation solution is for "fire", though.
I have simply put it in as a melisma, but admittedly it won't be
sung the same as if was split to two syllables.
"Fi-re"? Any other solution?
This is where the composer/arranger takes a leap of faith that the
performer will understand what is meant. All notation is imprecise
to a point, and some notation is more imprecise than others.
I wouldn't hyphenate "fi- re" for the same reason that I wouldn't
hyphenate against dictionary hyphenation in general. I would trust
that the person in charge of the music would understand that if the
word isn't broken into two syllables, the note(s) which go with the
're' part of the word would not be heard clearly
OK, there's an up tempo madrigal that starts "Fi-re, fi-re" at some
length. Two syllables, two notes. You may not like it, but it has
to be done.
(it's hard to project when singing an 'rrrrrr' sound).
On the contrary, "r" IS a vowel, the ONLY vowel in "girl," "bird," or
"heard." (That is to say, since it's easy to get tangled up in
semantics, it is a phonated sound that can be sustained.) The
written vowels are effectively mute. It is a BETTER vowel (better
sound quality) if it is formed by keeping the tongue low in the mouth
and lifting the two outside edges up to touch the upper teeth, than
if it is formed by raising the middle of the tongue to the soft
palate, but it functions as a vowel, and if it quacks like a duck,
etc., etc.
John
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