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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

Home › Glossary › Letter C

Concerto

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 concerto is a large-scale work featuring a solo instrument or voice in dialogue or competition with an orchestra, highlighting contrast and virtuosity.

Detailed Definition
Poets reference concerto for structures pitting individual voice against broader context, creating dramatic interplay or tension in verse. In literature, it evokes solo-orchestral dynamics in monologues or contrasted sections. Its significance highlights conflict and collaboration in artistic expression. By borrowing concerto form, poetry explores individual assertion amid collective forces, engaging readers in dialogic tension that mirrors human or societal dynamics through sonic and thematic contrast.
Example
Example in poetry:
The concerto form pits the solo speaker's voice against the orchestral backdrop of society, creating dramatic dialogue and virtuosic contrast.; Poets reference concerto for structures highlighting individual assertion amid collective forces.; In the dialogic poem, concerto dynamics explore tension and collaboration.; The concerto interplay mirrors human or societal conflict.; Like instrumental concertos, the verse balances solo and ensemble.; The poet adapts concerto to dramatize personal voice within larger context.
Additional Notes
Concerto highlights soloist in dialogue or competition with orchestra. Poetry structures individual voice against broader context for dramatic interplay. Usage tip: contrast solo assertions with collective forces. Related to cadenza and ensemble, it explores assertion amid multiplicity; professors mirror societal or internal dynamics.
Also Known As
solo dialogue virtuosic contest orchestral showcase
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