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Cry Break is an emotional and vocal technique for expressing emotional distress or sadness in a song. It may sound like a sob or a gap in the mid-note, which justifies calling this one a cry break.
It’s a sudden hitch to express the sad emotion in the music piece.
The trend of cry break is popular in the songs of country singer Hank Williams. In the song “I’m so lonesome I could cry,” the legendry singer has depicted the feeling of sadness and distress through a cry break. This song was released in 1949, and since then, the “gap” is symbolic of grief. The emotional melodies for heartbreaks and sudden falls in a relationship are often expressed through music. A cry break shows the sobbing and pain of the heartbreak. The note just after the cry break is high.
This signifies that the voice broke. The vibrato or tremolo effect may follow to add the shaky effect.
The added effects suggest that the singer understands the emotion of the lyrics. The guitar and other musical instruments work along to create a weeping sound and evoking emotions through music.
The technique is widely used in country and western music. Usage of this technique in different vocal forms has made this a familiar type of technology. It parodies and fuses with different vocal ways to give birth to new era music. The cry break also works when composing country music and tragedy songs.
The cry break comes in different forms. It’s a signature for Mexican singing and prominently for expressing intense emotion. The traditional music of the South Pacific also has a cry break as its exclusive technique. South America has a Ritual Mourning tradition where a cry break creates an impression of weeping.
Songs and music is the best medium to express love, sorrow, grief, intensity, and passion. There is music for every mood and occasion, and this makes our life rhythmic like our heartbeats.