gəˌzɑŋ noun
a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
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| —n | |
| music a type of vocalization between singing and recitation in which the voice sings the beginning of each note and then falls rapidly from the notated pitch. It was originated by Arnold Schoenberg, who used it in Pierrot Lunaire (1912) | |
| [C20: from German, literally: speaking-song] | |
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Sprechgesang
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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