The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145127   Message #3357397
Posted By: Gurney
30-May-12 - 05:49 PM
Thread Name: Melisma mania
Subject: RE: Melisma mania
Is there a name for the practice that some singers employ when they elongate a note but try to extend a consonant instead of a vowel?
Some popular Irish folksingers do it often.

Is this the reverse of Melisma?