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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread causula #89491 12/14/2002 7:32 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago It is obviously time to update that definition of melisma which includes "now especially, in the ornamental phrases of Near Eastern and Asian music", since it is so widespread in *Western folk/popular vocal musics that I'd bet the *Western examples exceed (by far) most Near Eastern or Asian listeners' exposure to their home folk/popular musics... ... and it's not like this just happened in the last ten years! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted clausula wwh 12/14/2002 4:57 PM Re: clausula Buffalo Shrdlu 12/14/2002 5:08 PM Re: clausula Buffalo Shrdlu 12/14/2002 5:12 PM Re: clausula tsuwm 12/14/2002 6:22 PM Re: clausula wwh 12/14/2002 6:42 PM Re: clausula Buffalo Shrdlu 12/14/2002 7:26 PM Re: clausula wwh 12/14/2002 7:35 PM causula musick 12/14/2002 7:32 PM Re: clausula Faldage 12/14/2002 10:39 PM Re: clausula tsuwm 12/14/2002 11:19 PM Re: clausula Faldage 12/15/2002 12:02 AM Re: clausula Bingley 12/16/2002 5:04 AM Re: clausula Faldage 12/16/2002 11:54 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,262 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 8 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 LukeJavan8 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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