MUSICAL
PROSODY is the matching music emotional tone with lyrical message. Using
the proper music emotion of minor and major song keys, melody scale tones, harmony, counter-melodies, rhythmic elements, tempo
that matches lyrical message and emotional tone. Musical Prosody is always altered
with the interpretation of intent and is defined in the following categories:
Phonetic Prosody:
phonetic properties of syllables or words relevant to the measure of rhythm and meter which is referred to metrical
units defined by accents, measured in syllables or feet in poetry and beats in music;
refers to both the abstract levels of music structure and its acoustic realization in speech
Speech Prosody: distinguishes between pitch and time included in the acoustic variations in fundamental
frequency, amplitude, duration, spectral information and relative rhythms of speech that reflects acoustic variations in the
patterning of strong beats that coincide with some syllables
Emotional Prosody: directing the intent of the musical communication emotion, speech communication of
emotional states
Cultural Prosody: complex tonal and rhythmic structure acquired through implicit knowledge gained from
long-term exposure to a particular culture’s music, historical period, geographic region and indigenous musical instruments
Musician Obligatory Prosody:
musical choices of physical variables that give rise to perception of stress, accent, rhythm, intensity contour that
includes crescendos and decrescendos
Linguistic Prosody:
the study of grammatical and rhetorical accents combined with musical elements relevant to rhythm in verses
