RE: AF Christmas Carol 2016-Lyric Suggestions
November 26, 2016 at 8:45 pm
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2016 at 8:52 pm by Aroura.)
(November 26, 2016 at 8:29 pm)Emjay Wrote: I like your 2-4's... sticky posts, broken links (well I don't like broken links but you know what I mean ), maybe just "stupid polls" without the 'more' for syllable count, walls of text, and 5 brand new threads. The word Mafia looks like it's got too many syllables to fit in anywhere. And of the others, flamers flaming and maybe "double postings" plural would sound a bit better in context?
About the number of syllables, if you speak on each half note, as opposed to one syllable per whole note, you can fit a lot more in.
For instance, each number word (two, three, four) you sing it for 2 beats. Then the next word is sometimes one syllable like French, where again you hold it for two beats, but it can be 2 syllables like Turtle. Now in the original, the third word is always one syllable, but you still hold it for two beats, so there is room for 2 syllables without cramming.
So each line one through four goes titi titi titi. We will never use the second beat in the first note, but we have as few as 2 and as many as 4 total syllables to use for the rest of the line with no problem.
This is all just for 2, 3 and 4. So, 5 more stupid polls does fit (More stupid polls is 4 syllables, try and sing it, it fits fine), but would also be fine without the "more", as the original uses 2 or 3 syllables and a rest at the end.
For Mafia, again you COULD fit mafia games in, it's 4 syllables, however, I think it would be advisable to not over-pronounce Mafia, like Maf-EE-ah would sound silly (but it still fits!)
However, you could say it more like Maf-Ya, 2 syllables. I think that also actually sounds fine.
I agree with the double postings. Doesn't make sense unless it is plural.
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