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Noun Concept
Categories: Singing techniques, Musical terminology
EN
melisma  melism  melismas  melismata  melismatic
EN
Melisma is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Wikipedia
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EN
Melisma is the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. Wikipedia
singing technique Wikidata
Melodic sound decoration Wikidata
A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in Gregorian chant. Wiktionary
A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
vocal technique
decoration
singing
napev
HAS PART
melisma
PART OF
tune
melisma
HAS KIND
grace note
glissando
trill
tremolo
vibrato
+6 relations
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Encyclopedic Lexicon
Riemann's Music Dictionary
DIFFERENT FROM
melisma
FACET OF
vocal music
Wikipedia
EN
melisma
Wikidata
EN
melism, melisma
Wiktionary
EN
melisma
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
melismas, melismatic, Melismatic singing, Melismatic style, melisms, Mellismas, Mellismatic, runs (music), syllabic (music), Syllabic style, vocal run
Wikidata Alias
EN
melismata, melismatic, vocal run

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