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If a piece is written one syllable per note, it is written SYLLABICLY. (a syllabic rhythm). If a piece is written with lots of notes per syllable, it is written melladically (a meladic rhythm).
If you were singing these notes, the half note and quarter note would be a two syllable word, the dotted half note would be a one syllable word held for the same amount of time as the two syllable word.
Word setting in music is where the music is written so that the words can be sung as smoothly as possible. Most simple songs are set syllabically, that is, one note per syllable. Think Mary had a Little Lamb, or pretty much any other nursery rhyme.Some songs have melismas in them, where a syllable has more than one note set to it. Think Mariah Carey!All good word setting should follow the natural spoken stresses of the words, so the strong syllables should be on strong beats (eg. beats 1 and 3 in 4/4 time).
The syllable is Re. D is the second tone up from the tonic note, which is C (and do), so it is Re.
Gregorian chant with mainly 2-4 notes per syllable is called "neumatic" ("Syllabic" if the chant is primarily one syllable per note and "melismatic" for chant primarily with more than 4 notes per syllable.) Jim Jordan, DMA Gregorian Chant Specialist Paraclete Press 1-800-451-5006, ext. 335 jimj@paracletepress.com Facebook: Gregorian chant is For everyone: Getting started/Learning more
When there is a syllable per note in a song rather than a syllable for a few notes.
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Syllabic
If a piece is written one syllable per note, it is written SYLLABICLY. (a syllabic rhythm). If a piece is written with lots of notes per syllable, it is written melladically (a meladic rhythm).
If you were singing these notes, the half note and quarter note would be a two syllable word, the dotted half note would be a one syllable word held for the same amount of time as the two syllable word.
One syllable.
The fifth syllable (or note) on a music scale is called the dominant. For example: for the scale of C major, the fifth note (or dominant) would be G.
Word setting in music is where the music is written so that the words can be sung as smoothly as possible. Most simple songs are set syllabically, that is, one note per syllable. Think Mary had a Little Lamb, or pretty much any other nursery rhyme.Some songs have melismas in them, where a syllable has more than one note set to it. Think Mariah Carey!All good word setting should follow the natural spoken stresses of the words, so the strong syllables should be on strong beats (eg. beats 1 and 3 in 4/4 time).
The syllable added at the beginning of a word is typically called a prefix. Prefixes are added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning or create a new word.
The stress syllable in the word "participate" is on the second syllable, "ti".
The syllable is Re. D is the second tone up from the tonic note, which is C (and do), so it is Re.
Gregorian chant with mainly 2-4 notes per syllable is called "neumatic" ("Syllabic" if the chant is primarily one syllable per note and "melismatic" for chant primarily with more than 4 notes per syllable.) Jim Jordan, DMA Gregorian Chant Specialist Paraclete Press 1-800-451-5006, ext. 335 jimj@paracletepress.com Facebook: Gregorian chant is For everyone: Getting started/Learning more