Money note
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A money note is a vocal moment in a piece of music which causes a person to take notice. This usually corresponds to a show of extremely impressive vocal talents. Money notes can often have the effect of making a listener's hair stand up on their arms. Sometimes the note itself will be inconsequential, it may be a large interval jump that takes attention of the listener. Money notes are named so because singers capable of them make themselves and generally their managers and recording labels a lot of money.
[edit] Examples
Whitney Houston's version of the Dolly Parton song "I Will Always Love You" at the beginning of the third rendition of the chorus: pause, drum beat, and then “I will always love you.”
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The Céline Dion song from Titanic "My Heart Will Go On": the key change that begins the third verse — “You’re here / There’s nothing I fear.”
[edit] References
New Yorker [1]
The science behind the "money note".[2]
Money note as a word used in the Recording industry [3]
Reference to tenors hitting money notes [4]
Suggested connection between hitting high notes and being paid a lot for them [5]
