Whitney Houston popularized this centuries-old technique through her hits. Some songs are so incomparable in their execution that they are perhaps best left uncovered. A singing technique spanning ...

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Whitney Houston will be remembered as a master of "melisma". But what is it and why did it influence a generation of singers and talent show aspirants? An early "I" in Whitney Houston's I Will Always ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Can't singers restrict a syllable to just one note any more, or has the world gone melisma-mad, asks Simon Castles. There was an ...

An early "I" in Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You takes nearly six seconds to sing. In those seconds the former gospel singer-turned-pop star packs a series of different notes into the single ...