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Earlier to-day I listened to the Beatles' With the Beatles, and I noticed something about "Devil in Her Heart" that should have been glaringly obvious. The "apart" in the recurring line "She's gonna tear your heart apart" is sung with a melisma (I think it's A A B G A, but I'm not sure). Breaking up "apart" into multiple syllables and various pitches both emphasizes and demonstrates the "tear[ing]."
