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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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Chaconne

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

A chaconne is a compositional form based on a repeated bass or harmonic progression, over which variations unfold, often in triple meter with a stately character.

Detailed Definition
Poets employ chaconne for structures built on recurring motifs or refrains that support evolving elaborations, creating grounded yet developing patterns. In literature, it parallels ground bass techniques in verse cycles. Its significance lies in providing stability amid variation, enriching thematic depth. By invoking chaconne, poetry achieves cumulative power through repetition and transformation, guiding readers through hypnotic persistence that builds emotional or intellectual intensity over time.
Example
Example in poetry:
The chaconne builds on a repeated bass motif, unfolding variations that evolve the central theme of endurance across the long poem.; Poets structure chaconne-like cycles where a ground pattern supports elaborations.; In the variation poem, chaconne provides stability amid thematic transformation.; The chaconne effect creates cumulative power through persistent repetition.; Like Baroque chaconnes, the verse achieves depth via grounded development.; The poet applies chaconne to sustain interest through evolving patterns.
Additional Notes
Chaconne builds variations over repeated bass or harmonic progression. Poetry uses it for grounded evolution from persistent motifs. Usage tip: sustain a base pattern while transforming elaborations. Related to ostinato and variation, it creates cumulative depth; professors link to Baroque stability amid change.
Other Meanings of “Chaconne”
Also Known As
repeating bass variation form ground bass dance
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