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  2. Non-lexical vocables in music - Wikipedia

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    Due to the wide-ranging vocal styles used in popular music, occasionally songs have been mistakenly categorized as having non-lexical vocables, when in fact the singers are performing actual lyrics rendered partially (or completely) unintelligible to the ear of some (but not all) listeners. Two famous 1960s examples are "Louie Louie" as ...

  3. Semiotics of music videos - Wikipedia

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    The music video for Peter Gabriel's song "Sledgehammer" is an example of a formally unorganized music video. Generally music videos can be said to contain visuals that either represent the potential connotative meaning of the lyrics or a semiotic system of its own. Although many analysts would explain a music video as a narrative structure ...

  4. Word Crimes - Wikipedia

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    The song's music video, a lyric video, was released on the same day of the album's release, the second in a series of eight consecutive video releases. The video is a kinetic typography video created by Jarrett Heather, which plays on the song's theme of proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

  5. Word painting - Wikipedia

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    The first use of word painting is in the lyric "deeper than I've ever dreamed of" where she sings down to the bottom of the staff, another example is also in the lyric "You make me feel so high" with the word "high" being sung with ascending arpeggios starting at G5 with the last and highest note being a C7

  6. Lyric setting - Wikipedia

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    In addition, there are other lyric setting tools that can alter the placement of lyrics to amplify different emotions and attitudes, while still preserving the natural shape of the language. These tools can be applied only after stressed and unstressed syllables have been identified and the emotional intentions for a lyric are decided.

  7. Poetic devices - Wikipedia

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    Poetic Diction is a style of writing in poetry which encompasses vocabulary, phrasing, and grammatical usage. Along with syntax, poetic diction functions in the setting the tone, mood, and atmosphere of a poem to convey the poet's intention. Poetic devices shape a poem and its meanings.

  8. Musical phrasing - Wikipedia

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    Musical phrasing is the method by which a musician shapes a sequence of notes in a passage of music to allow expression, much like when speaking English a phrase may be written identically but may be spoken differently, and is named for the interpretation of small units of time known as phrases (half of a period).

  9. Lyrics - Wikipedia

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    Lyrics in sheet music. This is a homorhythmic (i.e., hymn-style) arrangement of a traditional piece entitled "Adeste Fideles" (the original Latin lyrics to "O Come, All Ye Faithful") in standard two-staff format for mixed voices. Play ⓘ Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a ...