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Thursday, November 8, 2018

"Floating"

This afternoon, I was thinking about "Floating," and I realized a small thing about the chorus.  "So" in the line "Do as you please with so much ease" is sung with a melisma (A B).  Musically, this emphasizes that adverb and gives a sense of degree.
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