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Composers!
Before you set that text…have you scanned it?
Scansion is a system of identifying weak and strong syllables in poetry or prose.
Here’s how you do it:
(Example: Tuesdays & Thursdays by Lisa Neher)
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Before you set that text…have you scanned it?
Scansion is a system of identifying weak and strong syllables in poetry or prose.
Here’s how you do it:
(Example: Tuesdays & Thursdays by Lisa Neher)
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Step 1:
Write out your text. Read it out loud. Draw a straight line over stressed syllables or words & a curved line over unstressed syllables or words. Hint: single syllable “connecter” words like articles, pronouns, & helping verbs (among others) are often unstressed.
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Write out your text. Read it out loud. Draw a straight line over stressed syllables or words & a curved line over unstressed syllables or words. Hint: single syllable “connecter” words like articles, pronouns, & helping verbs (among others) are often unstressed.
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Step 2:
Compose a rhythmic setting of your text that aligns stressed words and syllables with stressed beats and divisions of the beat.
Step 3:
Compose your melodic line.
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Step 2:
Compose a rhythmic setting of your text that aligns stressed words and syllables with stressed beats and divisions of the beat.
Step 3:
Compose your melodic line.
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When you compose music that takes these natural speech rhythms into account, your vocal music will be
1.Sung easily
2.Rehearsed effectively
3.Understood by the audience
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1.Sung easily
2.Rehearsed effectively
3.Understood by the audience
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So now, I want you to give this a whirl! Take a line of poetry, scan it, write a rhythm and a short melody for it, and post it in the comments! I can’t wait to hear how this goes for you!
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#composers #composingforvoices #composingtips #choral #vocal #artsong #opera
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#composers #composingforvoices #composingtips #choral #vocal #artsong #opera
