Associations to the word «Melisma»

Wiktionary

MELISMA, noun. (music) A passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text, as in Gregorian chant.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley