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  2. Sprechgesang - Wikipedia

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    Sprechgesang is more closely aligned with the long-used musical techniques of recitative or parlando than is Sprechstimme.Where the term is employed in this way, it is usually in the context of the late Romantic German operas or "music dramas" that were composed by Richard Wagner and others in the 19th century.

  3. List of gestures - Wikipedia

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    Signal for Help is a single-handed gesture that can be used over a video call or in person by an individual to alert others that they feel threatened and need help. The signal is performed by holding one hand up with the thumb tucked into the palm, then folding the four other fingers down, symbolically trapping the thumb by the rest of the fingers.

  4. Swan song - Wikipedia

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    In Plato's Phaedo, the character of Socrates says that, although swans sing in early life, they do not do so as beautifully as before they die. He adds that there is a popular belief that the swans' song is sorrowful, but Socrates prefers to think that they sing for joy, having "foreknowledge of the blessings in the other world". [5]

  5. Singing - Wikipedia

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    A person whose profession is singing is called a singer or a vocalist (in jazz or popular music). [6] [7] Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir.

  6. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    A scat is vocalized using wordless vocables and syllables (e.g. "bippity-bippity-doo-wop-razzamatazz-skoobie-doobie-shoobity-bee-bop-a-lula-shabazz") as employed by jazz singers. Scat singing gives singers the ability to sing improvised melodies and rhythms, to create the equivalent of an instrumental solo using their voice.

  7. What’s the Deal Behind ‘Auld Lang Syne’ on New Year’s Eve ...

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    For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. ... When you sing, “Should old ...

  8. Going viral: Spider freaks out over man's singing voice - AOL

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    Move over Simon Cowell! This spider knows talent when it hears it ... or perhaps we should say it knows when someone is lacking talent. Uploader/singer Andrew Wilcox took a video of a spider ...

  9. How theater and fashion brought 'Sing Sing's' Colman Domingo ...

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    Villarreal: In "Sing Sing," you play a prisoner at Sing Sing Correctional Facility who's really taking on a leadership role in this theater program. [The film] incorporates the lives of real ...