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To: Pokey78
awkward prosody and melisma-clogged penultimate line

Could someone translate this for me?

25 posted on 01/31/2005 4:47:40 PM PST by CharacterCounts
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To: CharacterCounts

He thinks the text is awkward, and the next to the last line has too many notes per syllable.


38 posted on 01/31/2005 5:43:48 PM PST by watchin (Democratic Party - the political wing of the IRS)
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To: CharacterCounts
awkward prosody and melisma-clogged penultimate line

Could someone translate this for me?

That was two trips to the dictionary for me in one sentence.

42 posted on 01/31/2005 6:36:24 PM PST by Steve0113 (Stay to the far right to get by.)
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To: CharacterCounts

Oer the La-and of the FRE-EEEEEEE!

That's the melisma clogged penultimate (i.e. second to last) line. A melisma is a passage of several notes sung to one syllable of text.


55 posted on 01/31/2005 8:37:53 PM PST by ichabod1 (The Spirit of the Lord Hath Left This Place)
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