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  2. Isolating language - Wikipedia

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    An isolating language is a type of language with a morpheme per word ratio close to one, and with no inflectional morphology whatsoever. In the extreme case, each word contains a single morpheme. Examples of widely spoken isolating languages are Yoruba [1] in West Africa and Vietnamese [2] [3] (especially its colloquial register) in Southeast Asia.

  3. Isolation (John Lennon song) - Wikipedia

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    When Lennon's vocals become more emotional, an organ is added to the instrumentation. [3] The instrumentation also includes bass, played by Klaus Voormann. [2] Mellers points out that the song's mood of isolation is intensified by the "bare, open fifths" played by the piano and by the silences incorporated into the sad melody. [4]

  4. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    a vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style canto Chorus; choral; chant cantus mensuratus or cantus figuratus (Lat.) Meaning respectively "measured song" or "figured song". Originally used by medieval music theorists, it refers to polyphonic song with exactly measured notes and is used in contrast to cantus planus. [3] [4 ...

  5. Polysynthetic language - Wikipedia

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    reindeer -ssur -hunt -qatar - FUT -ni -say -ksaite - NEG -ngqiggte -again -uq - 3SG. IND tuntu -ssur -qatar -ni -ksaite -ngqiggte -uq reindeer -hunt -FUT -say -NEG -again -3SG.IND "He had not yet said again that he was going to hunt reindeer." Except for the morpheme tuntu "reindeer", none of the other morphemes can appear in isolation. [a] Whereas isolating languages have a low morpheme-to ...

  6. Translation - Wikipedia

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    Translation of a text that is sung in vocal music for the purpose of singing in another language—sometimes called "singing translation"—is closely linked to translation of poetry because most vocal music, at least in the Western tradition, is set to verse, especially verse in regular patterns with rhyme.

  7. Isolation (Joy Division song) - Wikipedia

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    Isolation" is played in the key of C major, while Ian Curtis's vocal range spans one octave, from the low-note of B 3 to the high-note of B 4. [2] The song has a basic sequence of G–F–G in the verses, changes to B–A–G–F–G at the chorus and follows G–F–G–G–G during the coda as its chord progression. [2]

  8. Isolation (Alter Bridge song) - Wikipedia

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    Musically, "Isolation" is heavy and aggressive, featuring the band's style while retaining a melodic chorus and incorporating elements of alternative metal and modern heavy metal. The lyrics explore metaphorically isolating oneself from faith and belief, a common theme throughout the record. A music video for the song was released on December 6 ...

  9. Sprechgesang - Wikipedia

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    The earliest compositional use of the technique was in the first version of Engelbert Humperdinck's 1897 melodrama Königskinder (in the 1910 version it was replaced by conventional singing), where it may have been intended to imitate a style already in use by singers of lieder and popular song, [3] but it is more closely associated with the composers of the Second Viennese School.