![]() ![]() Melismatic singing is prevalent in a lot of blues and some jazz. Janice just now commented that after reading your response she is even more impressed by the effort it must take for your creations. Janice can read music as she played clarinet in high school in the 70's but sight reading, etc., is something we never use for our music creations. ![]() We can't even imagine how you can program in individual notes for those synths. Her vocals are nearly always one take and I've never even looked at one of her vocals in a pitch editor - she might make it explode! Vocal jamming might be a good term. ![]() And often she sings each verse or chorus somewhat differently. We have no idea what the notes are as Janice makes it up on the go. There is a bit of sliding on your selected phrase for sure but, for example, Janice's word "soul" at the end of V1 is one syllable turned into five. So Janice makes an appearance with Natalie. Well that was interesting! Thanks for doing that. I guess with tools like Praat it's way less work, but if you'd write a new song you would have to do it by ear anyway.Īnd my voice is not bluesy. It's a bit tricky because it's not easy to analyze by ear from/to which notes Janice bends in which time. Thanks.īudHere's a short excerpt for your enjoyment. So the question is can a synth vocal be programmed to turn a syllable into say three continuous notes? We’ve always called this “bent note singing” (common in blues and country) but I thought folks might be more familiar with the tech term - melisma. Out of technical curiosity … Janice is a melismatic singer (note bending) and we have not yet heard an example of that with synth vocals. We’ve followed the advent and use of synth vocals via the user forum where some increasingly remarkable examples are being posted. ![]()
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