Sentences with melisma
me·lis·ma
M m - The melisma is a transposition of the notes E, F, C and B, and it appears frequently throughout the work.
- The musical style of these songs varies from simple, syllabic melodies to elaborately flowing compositions modelled on melismatic plainchant.
- A successful production of Poppea depends not upon operatic voices but upon singing actors who can color their voices and make drama out of the expressive melismas and coloratura.
- The vocal lines, tailored to the soprano voice of Heidi Grant Murphy, are characterized by wide pitch fluctuations, melismas, and extrapolated sounds.
- The swooping and soaring melody, very Eastern in its melismatic cut, is punctuated and embellished by the other three string instruments and by the piano.
- The opulent, yet bright orchestration and the chromatic melismata around the tritone and the melodic minor scale all point toward the composer of Schelomo.
- There is an element of improvisation in this music, melodic decoration, what we call melismatic playing, but the actual tune and structure and rhythm for each tune remains absolutely the same.