Melisma is a musical technique where multiple notes are sung on a single syllable of text. It is used to add ornamentation, expressiveness, and vocal agility to a song.
singing multiple notes over a single syllable
Syllabic is when a composer uses a different note per syllable of a word. Mellismatic (I think that is how you spell it) is when a syllable of a word is sung to more than one note. I hope this is what you meant and that this answers your question.
Melisma is a common feature of West African music and the Blues. Pentatonic scales, which are prevalent in Blues music, are also found in Sudanese Haqiba music.
Melisma: group of notes sung to a single syllable
"Melisma" is the term used for singing of a single syllable over a succession of musical notes. This singing style is called melismatic.
It is sung just before the gospel reading, except during Lent, when it is not sung.
"Dies Irae" (meaning Day of Rage) from the Middle Ages first heard in the Mass for the Dead. Dies Irae was one of the 'sequences' (a category of plainchant from the melisma that followed the alleluia to which poetic verses were set) used in the Catholic Church
A melisma is when there are several notes put into one syllable. Think every song Christina Aguilera has ever sang for an example or Whitney Houston in 'I Will Always Love You' in the word 'you'.
The cast of Cinemetropolis - 2008 includes: Emily Dane as Melisma Casey Dwyer as Upper Class Twit Alex Gambale as Detective Dante Egg Geoff Pictor as Sordino Andrew Sherwood as himself Peter Srinivasan as Grignr Stephanie Swan as Girl
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern ----SMA. That is, seven letter words with 5th letter S and 6th letter M and 7th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are: chiasma chrisma melisma schisma
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern M---S-A. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter M and 5th letter S and 7th letter A. In alphabetical order, they are: marasca melisma