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"Killing Me Softly With His Song," as sung by Lauryn Hill, Roberta Flack, & Lori Lieberman

Strong Songs

CHAPTER

The Chorus: Killing Me Softly With His Song

The first two phrases are just two bars along a piece, they start right on the downbeat. But then things get interesting. The rhythmic phrasing and the way that it uses repetition and displacement is remarkable. It's really how the song gets away with repeating the title two times after she initially sings it.

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