Similarly, in Mandarin Chinese the tone is generally ignored when singing. Howev...

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Similarly, in Mandarin Chinese the tone is generally ignored when singing. However, in Cantonese the tone is "tak[en] ... into consideration" http://www.sinosplice.com/life/archives/2010/12/06/tones-in-...