Wednesday, May 29, 2019

"22,000 Days"

When I listened to Long Distance Voyager yester-day, I noticed a few significant melismas in "22,000 Days."

"Go" in the line "That drive me so and let me go" is sung to the notes B A G, and "flow" in the line "This time feel the flow" is sung to the notes C B (in one voice, at least).  For both, the articulation gives a musical sense of movement.

For what it's worth:  I also figured out that 22,000 days is roughly sixty years.