What exactly is 'leah' in music? - Page 2

lets take ex. of car. if it is going wid const velocity it is in lay, nd id it is accelarating , then not in lay

Originally posted by: xobile

Now imagine you're singing a very simple song.

The song simply requires you to sing the word 'mississippi' whenever you hear the clock go 'tock'.

Now if you can keep up with the clock, you're in laya. So your 'mississipis' are in the right tempo coz no matter how many times you say the word, you've timed yourself so that it always 'lands' on the 'tock' sound. You are in laya.

But if you start to lose your timing and some of your mississippis land on 'tick' sounds or you miss a whole 'tick-tock' without saying mississippi, then you are losing the tempo. You are out of laya.

Hope that helps!

Originally posted by: xobile

Now imagine you're singing a very simple song.

The song simply requires you to sing the word 'mississippi' whenever you hear the clock go 'tock'.

Now if you can keep up with the clock, you're in laya. So your 'mississipis' are in the right tempo coz no matter how many times you say the word, you've timed yourself so that it always 'lands' on the 'tock' sound. You are in laya.

But if you start to lose your timing and some of your mississippis land on 'tick' sounds or you miss a whole 'tick-tock' without saying mississippi, then you are losing the tempo. You are out of laya.

Hope that helps!

Originally posted by: sushrutapandey

Thanks for the explanation. I have another question though. What is wrong with singing a song slower or faster than its original composed speed? (Answer: Nothing's wrong with that.)

I understand there is a problem if you sing some parts slower and some parts faster (Absolutely correct.) but what if you sing the song at a uniformly lower speed. (Then that's fine.) There should be nothing wrong with that from an intuitive pov. Could you please explain?