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Text setting refers to the number of pitches sung per syllable of text. Everyday speech is syllabic, using just one pitch per syllable. Speech that includes a change in the inflection of the voice, as frequently occurs in tonal languages, is still considered syllabic.
- What is text setting in music?
- What is syllabic text setting?
- What is the text setting of medieval music?
- What is a neumatic text setting?
What is text setting in music?
Text setting. The process of aligning syllables of speech to specific musical pitches is called text setting.
What is syllabic text setting?
Description: A setting of text to music in which each syllable of is represented by one or few notes.
What is the text setting of medieval music?
During the Medieval era, composers preferred to use a lot of melismas, a musical text setting that occurs when one syllable is stretched out over several different pitches.
What is a neumatic text setting?
A style of plain chant that sets one syllable of text to one neume. A neume is a symbol that denotes two to four notes in the same symbol, thus each syllable is sung to two to four notes. This style is opposed to syllabic, in which each syllable has one note, and melismatic, where one syllable has many notes.
