Journal article
VOCAL PITCH IN RAP FLOW
Intégral (Rochester, N.Y.), Vol.34, p.25
01/01/2020
Abstract
In this article, I argue that pitch plays an important role in the structure and delivery of rap flows. I demonstrate the ways in which rappers manipulate pitch to create a structural parameter that can operate independently from or in tandem with rhythm and rhyme. Furthermore, I argue that pitched vocals take a wider array of forms in rap music than in other genres of popular music, ranging from carefully-pitched singing of modern rap flows to the imprecise and exaggerated declamatory features of speech that distinguished rap from other genres during its formative years. I assert that all rap flows can be classified as using pitch in one of five different ways, with each technique carrying its own unique set of analytical implications.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- VOCAL PITCH IN RAP FLOW
- Creators
- Robert Komaniecki
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Intégral (Rochester, N.Y.), Vol.34, p.25
- Publisher
- Eastman School of Music
- ISSN
- 1073-6913
- eISSN
- 2168-8419
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Music
- Record Identifier
- 9984181074402771
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