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"This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence." Really? Who wrote this garbage? It's like a teenager trying to sound smart and important. 62.205.114.180 ( talk) 04:40, 20 June 2023 (UTC)
Would some sheet music not be a more appropriate cover image than a singer? just get some uncopyrighted sheet music, like that for a nursery rhyme DParkinson1 ( talk) 14:21, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
So yeah, before I registered, I edited this page but got reverted.
Because, I feel like its preposterous, that EVERY SINGLE dictionary defenition of the word "Song" that I could find contains a form of the word "Sing", including Wiktionary.
Let's look at every single dictionary defenition of the word song:
Cambridge: a usually short piece of music with words that are SUNG
Merriam Webster: the act or art of SINGING
Dictionary.com: a short metrical composition intended or adapted for SINGING, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad.
OED: the act or art of SINGING; vocal music; that which is SUNG.
Google: a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be SUNG.
Wiktionary: A musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by SINGING.
So WHY does this article's lead sentence not have a variation of the word "Sing" when its pretty much clear that SINGING is required to make a SONG and besides this word is used in every single dictionary defenition. Even Wiktionary knows.
Cheers, LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist ( talk) 16:49, 2 February 2024 (UTC)