tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451623600799551281.post8685983264322043000..comments2023-06-21T03:02:13.420-07:00Comments on Common Errors in English Usage Daily Entry: music/singing: Common Errors in English Usage Entry for Sunday, November 29, 2015Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451623600799551281.post-28762106370819115642015-11-29T09:54:26.675-08:002015-11-29T09:54:26.675-08:00Think of rap as a latter day version of Gregorian ...Think of rap as a latter day version of Gregorian chant, except more incoherent.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16201641975270909449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2451623600799551281.post-48567981647083256582015-11-29T06:24:24.205-08:002015-11-29T06:24:24.205-08:00"Tune" and "melody" are other ...<br />"Tune" and "melody" are other handy terms for describing instrumental music. I direct a youth fiddle group where I often have to gently correct the kids (and their parents) when they refer to the pieces from their repertoire as "songs," explaining that songs have WORDS. (Which are, in turn, set to a melody... which differentiates them from poetry... or rap, which to me doesn't really constitute music at all). Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956065161147146333noreply@blogger.com