Speech rhythm in Gregorian chant
  • incantuincantu
    Posts: 989
    Here we can take a lesson from Sarah Palin's brilliant performance of a modern sprechstimme composition. In spite of the complex rhythmic notation, Palin is able to perform with both accuracy and fluency:



    Well, obviously there was reverse engineering going on here. But wouldn't it be great if we always imagined the rhythm that the imperfect system of musical notation aims to describe, and performed chant (and all music) with as much fluency?
  • GavinGavin
    Posts: 2,799
    In case anyone wants to know the difference between Solesmes and semiology, there you go :P
  • Jeffrey TuckerJeffrey Tucker
    Posts: 3,624
    Wow, that was so great! Incredible.
  • darth_linux
    Posts: 120
    that is SOOO Frank Zappa and Steve Vai . . . I love it!
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,160
    I had no idea Johnny Costa was back.
  • RagueneauRagueneau
    Posts: 2,592
    Brilliant !!!

    & I hope the person that spent all that time doing that spends as much time looking at Barack's record . . .
  • GavinGavin
    Posts: 2,799
    For Obama, all one needs to do is set his "uhhhh"s as an ison!
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