How do Chinese people sing using tones for both melody and words?

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How can they sing if changing a tone might change the meaning of a word? Doesn’t the “tonal direction” upward/downward of a word affect a melody?
How do those systems combine?

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They don’t really use the tones when singing. They just follow the melody of the piece. The lyrics are comprehendible because most ideas are conveyed with at least two characters. For example if I say the word morning, 早zao normally you would accompany it with a 上。早上。not sure if my explanation helps or hinders .

Anonymous 0 Comments

They don’t really use the tones when singing. They just follow the melody of the piece. The lyrics are comprehendible because most ideas are conveyed with at least two characters. For example if I say the word morning, 早zao normally you would accompany it with a 上。早上。not sure if my explanation helps or hinders .