death by melisma
A Guardian blog article praises Rihanna for not using that stupid warbling thing that drives me up the wall. You know, that "eye-eee-eye-ee-eye" thing, that Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston seem to think impresses people.
And it has a name: melisma
(syn. miasma)
![](http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/07/13/rihanna460.jpg)
And it has a name: melisma
(syn. miasma)
![](http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/07/13/rihanna460.jpg)
Rihanna, eschewing melisma
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