A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Bitonality

Musical Terms
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Bitonality is the simultaneous use of two different keys or tonal centers within a musical passage or composition.

Detailed Definition
Poets apply bitonality to describe dual or conflicting layers of meaning, sound, or perspective coexisting in tension, as in ambiguous or ironic verses. In literature, it captures modernist fragmentation where harmony clashes productively. Its significance parallels musical innovation with poetic ambiguity, enabling complex emotional or thematic interplay. By borrowing bitonality, writers craft multidimensional texts that challenge singular interpretation, inviting readers to navigate concurrent “keys” and appreciate richness arising from controlled dissonance in linguistic and structural design.
Example
Example in poetry:
Bitonality in the poem layers two conflicting keys of hope and despair simultaneously, producing productive tension through dual imagery.; Poets use bitonality to capture modernist ambiguity where perspectives clash yet coexist.; In the ironic lyric, bitonality emerges as concurrent tones of celebration and mourning.; The bitonality technique allows multiple emotional centers without forced resolution.; Like Stravinsky's bitonal passages, the verse challenges singular interpretation.; The poet crafts bitonal stanzas to explore the richness of emotional contradiction.
Additional Notes
Bitonality simultaneously employs two keys, producing tension through coexistence. Poetry uses it for dual conflicting layers or perspectives yielding productive ambiguity. Usage tip: juxtapose clashing images or tones without resolution. Related to modulation and dissonance, it mirrors modernist complexity; professors explore how controlled clashes enrich multidimensional interpretation.
Also Known As
dual keys simultaneous tonalities harmonic tension
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