@songpatterns.com: In many of Adele's songs, including some of her biggest hits, she embellishes a vocal line by rising from the 2nd to the 3rd scale degree, often accompanied by a shift to head voice. Sometimes the 2 is in the underlying chord and the 3 is dissonant, but other times it's the reverse. She also makes a similar move from 1 to 2, or from 5 to 6. These are not uncommon devices in melismatic genres like gospel and R&B, but she uses them very consistently. #adele #songwriting #musictheory

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