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This is a great video, and an awesome topic for discussion. I've always cherish vocal cadence (or vocal rhythm to the vocals) in music I love most. I know it isn't a particularly popular genre in the forums, but it's why I love hip hop and rap music. Rhythm in music in particular can make or break a song for me.

Interpol is one band I love that does this particularly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkpgz3uQ58U

Gregory & The Hawk is another artist that scratches that itch for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rE8dI6dRg

A Russian singer names Kuzina always does it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvhXqRjvCfw

And a million others I can't immediately think of, but these 3 are in my heavily rotation at the moment so figured I'd share them.


And maybe that's part of the point. If you're hearing a commercially released song, it's because it got at least passing marks in vocal rhythm.. Listeners notice these things more when they are sub-optimal or lacking than when they are brilliant. Writers should have a more proactive view of this.

Those are really good, btw. I'd not heard any of them here in my cave. It's a bit hard to know how "right" the song in Russian was on all counts, but her vocal licks fell very nicely.

I'm with you on Rap and Hip Hop as it relates to this. At it's best, it's something to admire and even to emulate no matter the genre.

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Glad you digged the tunes - the thing I like about hip hop and rap vocals, is it is vocals which depend entirely on the vocal cadence. I just find it an interesting concept. No other genre of music immediately comes to mind where rhythm plays such an important roll. Not for everybody, for sure, but neither is jazz or country.

It is cool to me that we all agree the cadence of a singer's vocals is important. And it's cool to me that hip hop music took that fact and cranked the meter to 100. The rhythms a lot of rappers portray in their vocal performance is very, very dense and complex. It's unfortunate a lot of big names don't represent the talent required, or show off the diversity that exists withinin the genre.

Rhythm is among my favourite qualities in music.

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Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music
This is a great video, and an awesome topic for discussion. I've always cherish vocal cadence (or vocal rhythm to the vocals) in music I love most. I know it isn't a particularly popular genre in the forums, but it's why I love hip hop and rap music. Rhythm in music in particular can make or break a song for me.

Interpol is one band I love that does this particularly well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkpgz3uQ58U

Gregory & The Hawk is another artist that scratches that itch for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rE8dI6dRg

A Russian singer names Kuzina always does it for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvhXqRjvCfw

And a million others I can't immediately think of, but these 3 are in my heavily rotation at the moment so figured I'd share them.


And maybe that's part of the point. If you're hearing a commercially released song, it's because it got at least passing marks in vocal rhythm.. Listeners notice these things more when they are sub-optimal or lacking than when they are brilliant. Writers should have a more proactive view of this.

Those are really good, btw. I'd not heard any of them here in my cave. It's a bit hard to know how "right" the song in Russian was on all counts, but her vocal licks fell very nicely.

I'm with you on Rap and Hip Hop as it relates to this. At it's best, it's something to admire and even to emulate no matter the genre.

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Another master of this technique is Jimmy Buffet. Once you listen for it, virtually everything they do showcases this talent:
I Wish I Had a Pencil Thin Moustrache
Another great example is the bawdy bar room ballad, "Why Don't We Get Drunk?" Also on You Tube.
Then, of course, there is always this one:
Its Five O'Clock Somewhere
This would be an interesting tech topic to put to the engineers at PGM, wouldn't it?

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There has been some really great points raised here. Definitely some food for thought.


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Rhythm is so important! - It gives us so much information about the context of music.

There is an organ in Germany playing a piece loosely translated to "As slow as possible" that people gather to predict the next note... every 20 years or so. Quite fascinating really



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Intonation or cadence in singing is the exact reproduction of sounds in pitch. Simply put, it is pure singing, without falseness, accurate hitting the notes. The correct cadence is the purity of the melody singing and the correct coordination of pitch hearing and voice.
Accordingly, in songwriting, this skill is not so important. Not all composers can perform their compositions perfectly because they hone other skills. Of course, a Young Money artist Young Money artist does not need either the first or the second, only pathos and shared love.
Although I understand that you are just talking about the importance of vocal cadence training.

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Originally Posted By: floyd jane

Here is a new favorite of mine.
A GREAT example of "Vocal Rhythm" in writing!!! It makes this SOAR!

Songwriters: Erik Dylan / Riley Green
There Was This Girl lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Peermusic Publishing


Great song, great video, Floyd. Reminds me a bit of the version of "It's Five-O'Clock Somewhere" with and by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffet, filmed live in some bar in Florida. Similar feel to it. Jimmy Buffet is a master of siinging on the island beat, hey?

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Originally Posted By: Deryk - PG Music
Glad you digged the tunes - the thing I like about hip hop and rap vocals, is it is vocals which depend entirely on the vocal cadence. I just find it an interesting concept. No other genre of music immediately comes to mind where rhythm plays such an important roll. Not for everybody, for sure, but neither is jazz or country.

It is cool to me that we all agree the cadence of a singer's vocals is important. And it's cool to me that hip hop music took that fact and cranked the meter to 100. The rhythms a lot of rappers portray in their vocal performance is very, very dense and complex. It's unfortunate a lot of big names don't represent the talent required, or show off the diversity that exists withinin the genre.

Rhythm is among my favourite qualities in music.

Hey Deryk, thanks for your inputs on hip hop and rap. I am just starting to become interested in these genres (coming from a background of rock, folk and country). What artists/albums/songs would you recommend as a decent introduction? I am familiar with Lose Yourself and love it! Also, hits like Old Town Road which I guess is kinda genre-bending! But I feel like I kinda missed out and wanna catch up a bit!

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Keep in mind...

This is NOT about how great singers sing (and phrase a song). That's a different discussion.

It's about how a song is WRITTEN using what will be "vocal rhythm" to get a lyric across.


Really though, when you think about it, those two things are very closely related cousins.

Take the same song that was a hit for two different singers and they can phrase it differently. Take any of a bunch of Willie Nelson's songs as the example here.

Yep... it's very hard to get the phrasing and rhythmic feel of a lyric just from the written words. It's then up to the singer to interpret the song as they best see fit. If they have a demo, that makes life simpler.

Regarding the concept that the rhythm of the singing is an integral part of making the song what it is..... oh yes, absolutely.


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One of the fundamentals of this, IMHO, is vocal meter, and it's a fundamental part of poetry. Songwriters should probably first and foremost be poets is some form.

I think it's actually quite helpful to conscientiously think about poetic meters for songs and lyrics. On of the things I find a little disappointing is where the meter is mangled to make the chosen words fit, rather than spending more time finding a words form that both says what one wants and has the appropriate meter. Meter is remarkably powerful, I think.

IIRC someone posted a link to one of the following a while back, but maybe this is a good time to link again.
12-tone -- A Brief Discussion Of Poetic Meter
12-tone -- Shakespeare's Favorite Poems


FWIW, it took me a little while, but I have learned to like at least some Rap, though usually where it has a jazz-fusion aspect.


Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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