Saturday, August 19, 2023

"Magnolia Simms"

In the line "After rain has fallen" in "Magnolia Simms," "fallen" is sung to a descending pair of notes spanning a fourth (C G), musically giving a sense of the word's meaning.

In the line "When she's walking so close by my side," "close" is sung with a melisma (C G), musically giving a sense of degree (for "so").