Noun:

ਮੇਲਿਸਾ,

melismas's Usage Examples:

insertion or addition of new melismas or textual melody sections onto the existing tunes.

Two extended melismas express gratefulness for being a child of God.

praised by music critics, with one in particular comparing her falsetto melismas to the style of Mariah Carey.

[3] Graduals as a group are also notable for melismas that stress one or two pitches, both.

melismas that stress one or two pitches, both through repeated notes and repercussive neumes.

They were expressive and used occasional melismas to interpret the text.

similar to the borrowed melody of Guiraut de Bornelh, mostly syllabic with melismas at phrasal ends.

With the writing of the Alleluia final melismas ( classical sequence.

Vocality or special vocal effects are vocal or vocally inspired devices including guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto, blue notes, Afro-melismas.

Clamaverunt iusti, for example, has melismas with up to 66 notes.

" Only the flamenco guitar, de Falla noted, "can flexibly adjust itself to the ornate melodic embellishments [including melismas].

Old Roman chants are often highly melismatic, with melismas blending into one another and obscuring the underlying melodic structure.

The cadences are nearly always elaborate melismas.