Runs
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Runs or running is a music slang term for ad libbing and expanding on a musical note with one's voice. For example, a lyric may call for you to sing: I love you. Putting a run on the same lyric would sound like, "I looooove yooooouuu ooooohhhhhh".
A run can be smooth or a vibrato. It usually is executed with a full breath behind it. A vibrato run is usually associated with African-American singers, R&B and soul music. A smooth run is usually associated with Broadway tunes.
A run can be a fast, scalar, loose diatonic roulade or passage. Brilliant runs are a key characteristic of a Toccata.
A great vibrato runner is Patti Labelle.
A great smooth runner is Judy Garland.
Runs is also a slang term (American and British) for diarrhoea. It comes from the necessity to run to the toilet when the aforementioned strikes. That mentioned or the sensation of tipid running water against ones legs.
