Cosmopolitan Sounds and Intimate Narratives in P. Ramlee’s Film Music

Johan, Adil

doi:10.1080/07256868.2019.1628723

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“…Existing studies on Saloma are extremely scarce in academia, as many scholars (Adil 2014(Adil , 2019Clare 2012;Nurul Ezzati Aisya and Wan Hartini 2020;Driskell 2019) were more interested in investigating matters relating to her spouse, P. Ramlee. The researchers could only find two scholarly studies relating to Saloma-one by Nur Fardilla Nadia (2018) and another by Ahmad Kamal Basyah, Abdul Walid, and Muhammad Qawiem (2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Breaking the Code: An Investigation on The Vocal Registers of Malaysia’s National Songstress Puan Sri Saloma

Nur Fardilla Nadia Abu Bakar,

Mohd Fairuz Zamani

2023

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Investigations on vocal registers have been a great subject of debate. Early vocal pedagogues and scholars like Bacilly (1668–1690) and Behnke (1836–1892) paved the way for the modern-day investigation to take place through the categorisation of vocal registers across various music genres such as classical, jazz, and popular. However, an investigation on the vocal registers of Puan Sri Saloma (1935–1983) as a popular music icon of Malaysia has yet to be done. This paper intends to examine Saloma’s vocal registers through vocal analysis of five selected songs using case study as its research design. These songs are transcribed using music notation software (Sibelius) and analytical diagrams using similar software are produced to show the use of chest, middle, and head registers in each song. The finding shows the usage of the said registers and a diagram of Saloma’s vocal range is then produced, proving that Saloma was an alto. This study does not intend to limit Saloma’s vocal capability, but rather to celebrate her vocal prowess and encourage other scholars to conduct further investigations concerning Saloma as Malaysia’s national songstress.

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confidence: 99%