Hello, improvisers.
Most of us know what scat singing is,
but a few may not.
Scat singing is the act of improvising
substituted nonsense song lyrics, for
the composer's original song lyrics.
The title was given to the "style" by
music critics, when performers in the
jazz age (1920s-1960s) forgot the
song lyrics, or wanted something new.
The word, "scat", was a negative reaction
by critics, when they heard nonsense vocals
being sung, rather than the composed lyrics.
Later, the phrase "scat singing" was accepted
as a new musical style.
Lately, I've been practicing scat words when
I sneeze. Yes, I'm easily amused.
I pick any real word, such as "WAUkesha",
"SUPERman", "BLUESharp", and add scat
syllables: "themenomacooper", or others,
to the real words; a "suffix from Sussex".
I never know what will be spoken.
I'm a Dingbat, with one brick short of a load.
But, it makes me laugh, and others laugh at me.
They must think I'm stating "sprechtstimme" or
"idee fixe" opinions about world conditions, as:
WAUkesha-biminiblatter, OMro-blinkydoomida.
AH-CHOO-bimmydosipn.
Try it, if you want, but don't credit it to me.
Scatman Crothers, Louis Armstrong, Frank
Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and many others have
been known to scat sing, when they forgot
song lyrics (dooby dooby doo), or for other
reasons.
Best Regards, Stay HEALthy-mimadooza
JB
