Remember all those classes where you had to learn the "correct" way to divide a word into syllables? Well, forget the rules when you are typing your music sheet into counts. (See my website for information about my OSBORNE TExt-based music sheets.)
WHY hyphenate wrongly? A GREAT reason -----
WHY hyphenate wrongly? A GREAT reason -----
You want to sing easily.... to tell at a glance what the next word is. So sometimes you WANT to incorrectly hyphenate the word. Put together the letters that you want to sing together.
The English teacher would say this is divided as "his -- tory" .
However, you want (especially in slower songs) to put that T in the first syllable.
As one of my earlier blogs hints,
ALSO -- this helps you (or other singers) to see at a glance where you want to be sure to
enunciate specific letters in the word you are singing,
to be more clear to your listeners.
EXAMPLE: HISTORY
The English teacher would say this is divided as "his -- tory" .
However, you want (especially in slower songs) to put that T in the first syllable.
As one of my earlier blogs hints,
we people tend to automatically assume what the next word is as we listen to song.
If you do not put the T in syllable one,
If you do not put the T in syllable one,
the listener may be caught off guard because of expecting another word next.
Might miss a key point in your song's message.
ALSO -- this helps you (or other singers) to see at a glance where you want to be sure to
enunciate specific letters in the word you are singing,
to be more clear to your listeners.
JUST A THOUGHT... a HINT to share from my experience.
I've never read hints like this elsewhere....
I hope they'll help you to
HAVE MUCH JOY as you write out your new songs!
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