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Watto · Post by **Watto** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:45 pm

I can't think of the term - driving me nuts!!! I'm talking about where, if the lyric was "I'm going up", the melody will travel up to underline the meaning...

Anyone?

vincent66 · Post by **vincent66** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:48 pm

I think it's prosody isn't it?

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:50 pm

Hmmm, I don't think that's what I'm after.

http://www.answers.com/prosody

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:51 pm

looks a good candidate...

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:58 pm

Hmmm, it's not what I'm thinking of, so I must be explaining myself badly

Gregjazz · Post by **Gregjazz** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:03 am

I learned it as "tone painting", but it's also called "word painting".

Hewitt Huntwork · Post by **Hewitt Huntwork** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:07 am

I think the word you're looking for is "cheesy"!

Just kidding. I have a song where I sing the word "early" early. Other examples would be stopping on the word "stop", or whispering the word "whisper". I would also have answered "Prosody", although as I understand it that's when the mood of the lyric and the music match.

You're not thinking of onomatopoeia, are you? Like "clip-clop" and "thwack"?

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:07 am

Yeah, I ended up using word painting, but I'm positive there's another more technical term for it

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:09 am

Gregjazz wrote:I learned it as "tone painting", but it's also called "word painting".

Yeah, or aka "text painting" - that's what I assumed the OP was looking for.

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:09 am

Woops, that response was meant for Gregjazz, obviously. Not Onomatopoeia, no, although I love that word

Watto · Post by **Watto** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:10 am

I'm not keeping up very well

Aroused by JarJar · Post by **Aroused by JarJar** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:21 am

Watto wrote:I can't think of the term - driving me nuts!!! I'm talking about where, if the lyric was "I'm going up", the melody will travel up to underline the meaning...

Anyone?

Mimesis.

It's the Greek word for "cheesey", Hewitt.

All that stuff falls under prosody I guess but now we're going to get some Lacanian wacko drop in and tell us we've got it all backwards.

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:32 am

Watto wrote:I can't think of the term - driving me nuts!!! I'm talking about where, if the lyric was "I'm going up", the melody will travel up to underline the meaning...

Cohesion?

duncanparsons · Post by **duncanparsons** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:37 am

Watto wrote:Onomatopoeia, I love that word

Me too, it's great the way that it's spelt how it sounds...

MaliceX · Post by **MaliceX** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:40 am

Tonal proportion?
Predetermined action?

I dunno, I think the English lyrics of One note samba could be considered something of similar nature, given it talk about the melody itself as it goes.

musical term for the melody following the lyrical meaning?