Please help me understand the role of enunciation in singing
I've noticed that when singing, enunciating certain words sounds better than not doing so, and vice versa.
For example, "lookin' in my mirror" vs "looking in my mirror". I think the second sounds better, but i have no idea why. Here's a link illustrating this example;
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Or, "someone's always tryin' to keep my baby cryin'" vs "someone's always trying to keep my baby crying". In this case, i think the lack of enunciation is more appealing. I don't know if it's just me or if there's some actual grammatical reason as to why. I also don't think it's anything to do with one singer being better than the other either, i'm sure it's specifically something to do with enunciation. Hope someone can help shed some light. Maybe i'm just weird...
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I don't know that I entirely agree about what sounds better, but one difference between your examples is that "ing" is followed by a vowel in the first case and a consonant in the second. Perhaps that has something to do with how you feel about them?
- I don't know that I entirely agree about what sounds better, but one difference between your examples is that "ing" is followed by a vowel in the first case and a consonant in the second.
- Perhaps that has something to do with how you feel about them?
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I don't know that I entirely agree about what sounds better, but one difference between your examples is that "ing" is followed by a vowel in the first case and a consonant in the second. Perhaps that has something to do with how you feel about them?
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