Audio Example 12.9:

"Hard Rain," live (1994, Nara), verse 3

Dylan begins to ascend vocally. He first touches on the apex pitch (E-flat4) at “my darling” in the second question. Then listen to the ascent to the same pitch at “ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’,” and its climactic sustain at “died in the gutter” and “cried in the alley.”