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23:12 Jul 7, 2017 |
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English language (monolingual) [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / ascending O | |||||||
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4 | singing a succesion of 'Oh!' on higher and higher notes |
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ascending o singing a succesion of 'Oh!' on higher and higher notes Explanation: As I've already previously explained to you! It's not uncommon in popular music to repeat an often meaningless sound, frequently at the end of a line (sometimes just for scansion!), and sometimes with a rising or falling cadence. Think the Beatles "She loves me, yeah, yeah, yeah" or Righteous Brothers "You've lost that lovin' feelin', whoa, whoa, whoa..." — I can't offhand think of an example with a rising cadence, though it's probably the sort of thing you'd find a lot in gospel music, for example... |
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