Aretha Franklin - Gospel Runs/use of Melisma thefreshmusicpage.com

[micael19931]

ta na nota do Tonex

[davesravesnfaves]

Sam Cooke brought melisma to popular music years before Aretha came on the scene

[MrStyle23]

@davesravesnfaves Melisima has always been in Popular music. What people call Gospel runs and Squalls had not. Sam brought some church to Pop but he always sang differently to different audiences. Listen to Live at the Copa and then listen to Live at the Harlem Square.

Sam accomplish so much in his life that was cut short but the impact Aretha has made is far greater. Not taking away from Sam but stating the facts.

[EndofaLove]

@MrStyle23 What exactly is a Squall?

[TheJesusmeuguiae]

Brasil te amaaaaaaa! I love yooooou!

[enoque1234]

ai sim hein

melismas

[Soomaria96]

Awesome. Thank you MrStyle23 for the education on Melisma. I am sending this to some friends who sing at my church. They will go nuts when they hear this tune.

A thousand thanks again.

[MrStyle23]

@Soomaria96 You're welcome. I hope they enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making the video.

[laupernaranjolabelle]

I own her most famous Live CD "Amazing Grace" and when I first heard the title track, specifically @1:02 (on this video), I went insane. Literally I started buying every-thing Aretha. There's something so out of this world that happens when you listen to the whole song and pay attention to every part of it, and then when she does the riff, you just say: OMG!. Aretha, one of my all-time Goddesses in music. She makes you feel it. I luuuv me Soul, and to be a great singer u gotta have it!.

[Kaknelson]

dynamic

[Boi9188]

Amazing!!!

[johnathandoe]

Yep if you do the math. Aretha was 14 yrs old doin runs . That means she was doing runs about 53 years ago. These other singers werent even born yet. You tell me who started runs.

[BLKJEW01]

This woman is just a STONE SINGER no doubt about it. Til this very day she is unmattched in her Soulful Style of delivery. Often imitated but never will she be duplicated.

[aryvalero]

The maxim!

The quen under Maria!!!

[ch91s]

what is the song at 2:00?

[MrStyle23]

That is the ending of the song "Sparkle"

[ledellwatts]

sparkle, from the movie soundtrack sparkle

[collegeri]

What is at 1:20??

[MrStyle23]

"Amazing Grace" and then it was "A Rose Is Still A Rose"

[moekaren]

i see where Karen gets it from

[vocalmajor2008]

Karen Doesnt get her style form her.... She gets it from her sister Twinkie..and moslty Improvision...

[moekaren]

my bad should have been more specific. i see where Karen got a FEW things from Aretha

[vocalmajor2008]

lol.. ok.. they both BEAST!..

[kmaur21]

Karen and both Whitney got runs and riffs from Aretha along with Twinkie and Lashun. VBA probably too. Whitney got runs from her mom too Cissy Houston!

[oneazariah]

Karen has cited Aretha as a major influence, numerous times.

[spiderlegs1987]

Will someone tell me what exactly melisma is? Or like tell me which part Aretha uses it in this vid.

[MrStyle23]

It's the singing of a single syllable of a word while moving between several different notes. The entire video is her using Melisma or what some may call a "Run" or "Gospel Run".

[nippyme]

the QUEEN OF SOUL!!

[2THEBLUEANGEL8]

that run from her teenage Precious Lord at 3:19-3:25 i think is my favorite one shes ever done

the first time i heard that my head exploded

and then i played it over and over

that is the definition of soul

[MrStyle23]

I concur that is the difinition of soul. That is the type of singing that makes your toes curl!

[2THEBLUEANGEL8]

this is a stone winner

she is the reason every singer today does runs and uses melisma

and nobody can do it like her

Aretha is the Greatest singer in our recorded history

[ordnaxelA13]

é nois em Cristo!!!

[beaub0]

Yeah, she could do it and still can! At church, when I do this they call it "going Mahalia" but they all know I loves me some Ree too!

[monrayday]

can someone please tell me exactly what is a run? thanks. do u see them runs she was doing when she was only 14. mmmm mmmm

[MrStyle23]

A gospel run is the use of Melisma.

[oneloveatatime]

I love this. Aretha can do things with her voice that a lot of singers wish they could. I love how you edited this. This is a great combination of the Aretha today and yesterday.

(To all the people that say Miss Ree can no longer sing. They need to listen to this video..ARETHA is still bringing it..........I'm adding this video to my favorites because its great..thank you for posting

[happyperson123456]

Amazing voice this woman has...omg!

[thompsont908]

Sang it Mamma

[ZebFAN08]

Wonderful job Mr. Style! Aretha is wonderful!

[MrStyle23]

Thanks Zeb!

[yaskam]

Thanks a lot guy. What a STYLE post!

[francescaemc2]

Speechless in Manhattan.