Werner LEMBERG <w...@gnu.org> writes: >> I've been asking myself why, if that's the rule (which I don't deny) >> eg. Frank Sinatra sings: >> >> Newwwwwwww York >> and >> Myyyyyyyy way >> >> instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y > > Well, non-operatic singing follows different rules, obviously :-) > > But try that without a microphone in a 1000 seats audience, and you > will kill your voice within a few minutes.
More likely the goodwill of your audience. If you are not singing in Italian but for example in Germanic languages, you can't avoid closed vowels anyway. It still sounds blatantly stupid for most diphthongs if you don't place the vowel transition at the end of an artificially prolonged syllable. Like it sounds stupid if you place a consonant too soon and then have nothing convincing to do before the next syllable starts. "Broadway style singing" does not stretch the speech/music relation as much so it can get away with a more "natural" singing style that will then in the rare locations where a stretched syllable is present after all, "bleat" more. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user