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04-23-2016, 06:42 PM | #12 |
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Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Mimicry and Singing
What if you don't really listen to the lyrics? FWIW the lyrics are generally the last thing I notice.
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04-23-2016, 06:46 PM | #13 |
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04-23-2016, 07:12 PM | #14 | |
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Folks not paying any attention to the lyrics (or who can't understand them due to unfamiliarity with the form) are going to be pretty similar to folks who don't speak the language. If it's your typical "I want to intercourse with you" lyrics, they're not really missing anything. If you're trying to impress them with your songtext or use it to unite for a cause or somesuch, you have to rely on your technical skills to catch their attention enough to actually listen closely, including some tricks with your lyrical content (use Poetry as a complimentary skill when composing).
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04-23-2016, 08:32 PM | #15 | |
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04-23-2016, 08:35 PM | #16 |
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Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Mimicry and Singing
I've listened to some musical with classically trained vocalists. Commonly I find it hard to tell what the words are if the lyrics aren't in front of me, in a way that's not the case with rock or big band or even country (though I don't care much for country). The training for that type of performance seems to produce an emphasis on the vowels to the point where the consonants fade into near inaudibility.
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If I can't understand the lyrics by ear, I at a minimum skim them as a text, and at a maximum I check the net for the lyrics' interpretation by people. It's a big plus for me if the performers' lyrics are (a) clear enough to be heard even by me and (b) possible to understand the meaning of. |
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04-24-2016, 08:06 AM | #18 | |
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And in some cases I know enough of a language to get a feel for the song (but not even enough to qualify as knowing the language at Broken). |
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04-24-2016, 08:29 AM | #19 |
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Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Mimicry and Singing
But so does a flute, trumpet, oboe, or any other wind instrument. I like moving this to IQ, personally, with Per float for learning songs by ear. That's how I'd treat Musical Instrument, too. Any sort of inprov shiuld definitely be IQ-based. I am surprised that Singing covers the performance, too, since we have a skill for that - Perfomance. I'd probably (continue) keeping these separate skills, myself. I've seen plenty of technically good musicians on many different instruments play notes perfectly and still be plain and boring as plain, unsalted cream of wheat.
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04-24-2016, 12:13 PM | #20 | |
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In today's GURPS, you would use Performance as a complementary skill for Singing or Musical Instrument in a serious venue. In a more casual one where making an impression was a bigger deal than technical competence, you could swap them.
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