"Dancing on a Highwire"

I recently listened to a compilation album of Colin Blunstone (titled Collected) and noticed a very small feature in "Dancing on a Highwire."  The alliteration in the line "You need to be so sure" lends a slight sense of degree.

"Dancing on a High Wire"

I'm getting behind in writing about things I'm noticing as I continue to make my way through The Complete Albums Collection box set for a second time.  I listened to Ammonia Avenue on 29 November and noticed a small thing in "Dancing on a High Wire."  In the line "You need to be so sure" at ~3:55, the "sure" is sung with a melisma (G F D), musically giving a sense of degree (for that "so").

In referencing the recording again now, I noticed that some of the "so"s in that recurring line are also sung with a melisma (C D), also for a sense of degree.

"Dancing on a Highwire"

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Yester-day I learned the guitar arpeggios and the bass part for the introduction of "Dancing on a Highwire" (on Ammonia Avenue).  I tried figuring out these guitar arpeggios a few months ago without any luck, so it was good to finally get them.