Tenstrum Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 My brain and The Googles are failing me at the moment.What is the term used to describe the melodic singing of non words such as the "oooohhh oh woah" etc in between the verses such as in the following video: [video:youtube] Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pernax Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 "Lack of lyrical talent" ? -P (up to 200 characters) You may use UBBCode in your signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 LOL! Funny, but incorrect. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard W Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I was going to say "scat," but I don't think that's it. To me, scat is faster and more syncopated (a la Ella Fitzgerald). Maybe "really slow scat?" "Everyone wants to change the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves." Leo Tolstoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 It's not scatting. I think it's more like wailing. BTW, I really like what The Civil Wars do. Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russkull Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I think of it as "vocalizing" but Webster appears to disagree with me. "Of all the world's bassists, I'm one of them!" - Lug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'd still call it singing. \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yodeling, rapping, scatting, wailing, toasting, moaning, hollerin', non-lexical vocables. To me if it's music created by your mouth and/or vocal cords it's singing. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Thorne Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The "oooohs" and "aaahs." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Yer drifting toward the term "vocalese"...although "singing" describes it just as well. d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 That was singing and it was mighty fine. I really liked that track. One these days, I'm gonna get me a resonator guitar. If there were no words to the song at all, vocalese would be a good term to answer your question. There are always oohs and aahs in songs; they don't need a name. Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky McDougall Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I agree with Jeremy, it's just singing to me, and very well done.I had never heard them before but I enjoyed it and I will probably look up more of their workRocky "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb, voting on what to eat for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb, contesting the vote." Benjamin Franklin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I thought you might like them Rocky. I truly dig them as well. Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 Cool thanks guys. BTW - The Civil Wars have a free live album for download. http://thecivilwars.com/music.php Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Bastard Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Vocalizing? Vocalise?Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, published in 1912 as the last of his Fourteen Songs, Op. 34. Written for voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel (of the singer's choosing). It was dedicated to soprano Antonina Nezhdanova. www.burning3.com Music Man Stingray 5 HH Peavey T-40 Hartke LH500 Ampeg SVT410HLF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 The Civil Wars were on CBS This Morning earlier today. Glad they're getting some exposure! John Paul White and I have traded some Mitch Hedburg jokes on Twitter, which instantly told me that he's pretty cool. Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottom End Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Good song, it's nice when some "next big thing" lives up to the hype. "Call me what instrument you will, though you can fret me, yet you cannot play upon me.'-Hamlet Guitar solos last 30 seconds, the bass line lasts for the whole song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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