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Word painting, also known as tone painting or text painting, is the musical technique of composing music that reflects the literal meaning of a song's lyrics or story elements in programmatic music.
- What is musical text?
- What is the music text relationship defined as syllabic?
- Which is an example of word-painting?
- Is a technique used by composers in the Renaissance to emphasize the meaning of the text?
What is musical text?
Text setting. The process of aligning syllables of speech to specific musical pitches is called text setting. Two examples of text-setting are given here, both from the Messiah.
What is the music text relationship defined as syllabic?
A song in which each syllable of text receives one note is called syllabic.
Which is an example of word-painting?
Word painting is the technique of creating lyrics that reflect literally alongside the music of a song and vice versa. For example, singing the word “stop” as the music cuts out. ... For example, Garth Brooks sings the word “low” much deeper than the rest of the lyrics in the track “Friends in Low Places”.
Is a technique used by composers in the Renaissance to emphasize the meaning of the text?
STUDY. Composers use word-painting to emphasize the text, perhaps with a drawn-out word over many notes.
