Re: Lyircs melsima line ending in interpunctation

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Remember that if we sing, say,
>>
>>   a - stray:_________
>>
>>
>> we actually do
>>
>>   a - stra_________y:
>>
>> so putting just the punctuation after the melisma is illogical.
> 
> I've been asking myself why, if that's the rule (which I don't deny)
> eg. Frank Sinatra sings:
> 
> Newwwwwwww York
> and
> Myyyyyyyy way
> 
> instead of Neeeeew or M[aa...]....y

Well, non-operatic singing follows different rules, obviously :-)

But try that without a microphone in a 1000 seats audience, and you
will kill your voice within a few minutes.


    Werner