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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Is a puzzlement Alex Williams #227944 02/06/18 01:16 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,539 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,539 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA I gotta work on this some more. A dactyl is ONE-two-three - a triple rhythm. But maybe an anapest is not just a matter of the stress being on the final beat instead, but (musical analogy) it's two pickup notes and the downbeat, which makes it more a four-count rhythm: three-four-ONE like a galloping horse - pa-da-POM, pa-da-POM etc - with a short unvoiced pause providing an implied "two," . Otherwise you really can't tell one from the other. If you string them together how do you decide whether it's a poly-dactyl or a poly-anapest? Sung to the tune of the Irish Washerwoman: " We got PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL-de-hyde / PAR-a-di-CHLOR-o-a-MI-no-benz-AL..." repeat ad-libitum. Is it ONE.two.three.ONE.two.three or two.three.ONE.two.three.ONE? Here's what the tune sounds like (PS Para-etc. is the chemical name for a kind of moth-repellant.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Double Dactyl Alex Williams 02/22/06 07:38 PM Re: Double Dactyl Faldage 02/23/06 02:35 AM The naughty, naughty schoolboy Alex Williams 02/23/06 03:11 AM Re: The naughty, naughty schoolboy tsuwm 02/23/06 03:45 AM Curses Alex Williams 02/23/06 04:09 AM Re: Curses Buffalo Shrdlu 02/23/06 10:35 AM Yeah! AnnaStrophic 02/23/06 03:02 PM I plead the fifth Alex Williams 02/23/06 03:54 PM Re: I plead the fifth Jackie 02/23/06 05:51 PM Alex AnnaStrophic 02/23/06 07:03 PM it's alive Alex Williams 02/23/06 07:20 PM Re: take two dactyls a day maverick 02/24/06 02:34 AM Re: take two dactyls a day Buffalo Shrdlu 02/24/06 03:16 AM Can't bury the urge to double dactyl Alex Williams 02/24/06 04:39 PM Re: take two dactyls a day musick 02/24/06 05:08 PM The Physician's Tale Alex Williams 02/25/06 06:20 PM Volitant Alex Williams 02/27/06 12:44 PM Re: Volitant Coffeebean 11/15/08 12:00 AM Re: Volitant Buffalo Shrdlu 11/15/08 12:09 AM Re: Volitant Zed 11/17/08 05:11 AM Re: Volitant twosleepy 11/17/08 07:32 PM Re: Volitant Buffalo Shrdlu 11/17/08 08:18 PM Re: Volitant BranShea 11/17/08 09:12 PM scat Alex Williams 11/18/08 12:43 PM Re: scat Buffalo Shrdlu 11/18/08 01:27 PM Re: scat BranShea 11/18/08 07:58 PM Re: scat Coffeebean 11/18/08 09:41 PM Re: scat Jackie 11/19/08 01:58 AM Re: Volitant Coffeebean 11/19/08 05:41 PM Dactylic rhythm is wherever you find it ! wofahulicodoc 06/05/14 02:42 AM Re: Double Dactyl Coffeebean 11/22/08 04:55 PM Re: Double Dactyl BranShea 11/23/08 06:41 PM Re: Double Dactyl Coffeebean 12/09/08 09:38 PM Re: Double Dactyl obihave 11/18/11 12:03 AM Re: Double Dactyl Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 12:20 PM Re: Double Dactyl Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 12:21 PM A tribute? Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 12:33 PM Re: A tribute? obihave 11/18/11 07:50 PM Re: A tribute? Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 08:23 PM Re: A tribute? Rhubarb Commando 11/18/11 08:32 PM Re: A tribute? Avy 11/21/11 01:56 AM Re: Double Dactyl Kokopelli 06/02/14 03:50 PM Re: Double Dactyl LukeJavan8 06/02/14 04:06 PM Re: Double Dactyl Faldage 06/02/14 11:20 PM Re: Double Dactyl A C Bowden 06/03/14 12:19 AM Re: Double Dactyl Kokopelli 06/04/14 04:37 PM Where does a tetradactyl fit into that schema? wofahulicodoc 06/04/14 06:34 PM Here, at the lab. Tromboniator 06/04/14 10:14 PM Re: Here, at the lab. wofahulicodoc 06/05/14 02:17 AM Re: Here, at the lab. 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