Word painting

For instance, the pattern fa-mi-sol-la signifies the humiliation and death of Christ and his resurrection into glory.

Such musical words are placed on words from the Biblical Latin text; for instance when fa-mi-sol-la is placed on "et libera" (e.g., introit for Sexagesima Sunday) in the Christian faith it signifies that Christ liberates us from sin through his death and resurrection.

While this mannerism became a prominent feature of madrigals of the late 16th century, including both Italian and English, it encountered sharp criticism from some composers.

In the line "It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift, the baffled king composing hallelujah," the lyrics signify the song's chord progression.

In the chorus of "Up Where We Belong" recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes, the melody rises during the words "Love lift us up".

In Follies, Stephen Sondheim's first time composing the words and music together, the number "Who's That Woman?"

Queen use word painting in many of their songs (in particular, those written by lead singer Freddie Mercury).

In "Somebody to Love", each time the word "Lord" occurs, it is sung as the highest note at the end of an ascending passage.

The first use of word painting is in the lyric "deeper than I've ever dreamed of" where she sings down to the bottom of the staff, another example is also in the lyric "You make me feel so high" with the word "high" being sung with ascending arpeggios starting at G5 with the last and highest note being a C7 In Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’, every time the title of the song is mentioned, all instruments engage in one huge wall of sound, therefore mimicking the sound of a wrecking ball whenever the chorus comes in.