Word Painting

How to Write Music Ep. 1: Tone Painting | School of CompositionTone painting is the technique of shaping vocal music according to the meaning of the words. For example, we’d write a melody that goes up on words such as ‘rising’, ‘uphill’ and ‘climbing’ or have the music go really quiet on words such as ‘soft’, ‘peaceful’ and ‘calm’.

Word Painting with Elliott Smith and Rufus Wainwright“Word painting” is a technique in which the music of a song reflects or expands upon the meaning of the accompanying lyric. First used by the Madrigals of Renaissance Italy, word painting is used today mostly in musical theatre and film scores. In a musical, if a character stands center-stage, sprea...

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