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Originally Posted by SprintBob
I think it is not as complicated for a singer who is not playing an instrument as they do not have to deal with the physical connection to an instrument.
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That's right! A singer can't
help but feel.
It's not about what the lyrics mean or anything like that. It's the vibration and resonance - the feeling of different registers in the body, the sensation of reaching for high (or low) notes, breathing fully. You get it from wordless vocals at least as strongly as from lyrics.
That seems like a crude level of feeling (physical rather emotional), but that's at the root of music's meaning. It's not spiritual (or at least not until later); it begins as
visceral. It's a
pre-verbal language.
An instrumentalist is one stage removed from that; we have to feel our way into the instrument, so it becomes part of us. When you have that connection, then playing with "feel" is a lot easier. It's hard not to! Melody (on any instrument) is singing, and rhythm is a bodily thing too. There's no other art that is so intimate.