Thursday, September 26, 2019

"House of Four Doors (Part 2)"

In the phrase "Nowhere at all" in "House of Four Doors (Part 2)," "all" is sung with a melisma (C D in one voice).  Because it's in a grammatical construction with "at," however, the melisma provides a sense of degree rather than entirety.

"Anymore" in the phrase "not there anymore" is also sung with a melisma, specifically the "-more" is sung to two G notes an octave apart.  The musical sense here, although negated ("not... anymore"), is one of continuation.