On Apr 29, 2007, at 3:56 PM, dhbailey wrote:
I wouldn't hyphenate "fi- re" for the same reason that I wouldn't hyphenate against dictionary hyphenation in general. I would trust that the person in charge of the music would understand that if the word isn't broken into two syllables, the note(s) which go with the 're' part of the word would not be heard clearly (it's hard to project when singing an 'rrrrrr' sound). I would hope that the context would make things clear. If not, I would add some sort of text explanation before the start of the piece explaining the proper pronunciation of that passage.
I suppose two syllables in "fire" would be pronounced more or less "Fie-yer" with the short "e" sustained, not "Fie-yerrrrr" with the "r" sustained. It IS sung differently than a melisma would be; "Fah- ire". I honestly don't know how to notate the difference.
I ran into a similar problem with an arrangement of the McGill school song, the line "Dear old Mc-Gill" could not possibly be sung in a legato fashion as written, so I wrote a footnote explaining to pronounce it "Ma-Gill" (after agonizing over "Mac-Gill" and similar variants.)
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