Singing has varying objectives for different people; the many ways it is used is astonishing. For instance in an orchestra, singing is often utilized as a basis in which to center our playing on. But even though we use it, this is not to say we are trained or experienced singers. If we were, we would have been in choir. Nevertheless, we utilize singing as a musical tool. Sometimes conductors have us sing the A prior to tuning our instruments so we would have a solid pitch foundation. Other times, singing is used to emphasize certain technical aspects of the music, and in this respect, we are expected to sing the way the music should be played. This includes pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and all other musical aspects. There are times when singing a rhythmically difficult area facilitated our performance and there are other times when it assists in fluctuating pitch. But overall, it aids in our expression because we are urged to concentrate on our musicality through our singing.
You may ask, why is this relevant? Because as has been mentioned quite frequently in blog posts and presentations, Bob Dylan uses music in an unconventional way. The music evokes a different mood than what the lyrics expresses. These conventionally complementary elements are not in correspondence with each other. In this way, Dylan is more of a literary artist than a musician because he urges the audience to focus on the message in his lyrics rather than the more accessible music at hand. Displaying lyrics while listening to Dylan's songs during the presentations were helpful because it allowed us to focus on the lyrics amidst the background of the music, thus allowing us to understand the discrepancy between the two.
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