Tag: rock
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Riffing: The Arguments For and Against in Pop Music and Musical Theatre

‘Runs’ or ‘Riffs’ are commonplace in contemporary vocal music and appear across a wide array of genres. This technique is a form of melisma, the musical term for singing multiple notes over a single vowel or syllable within a phrase. The Origins of Riffing This stylistic technique originated in the jazz scenes of the 1920s,…