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

Home › Glossary › Letter D

Disjunct

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

Disjunct motion features melodic leaps larger than a second, creating angular or dramatic movement.

Detailed Definition
In poetry, disjunct characterizes abrupt shifts in rhythm, imagery, or tone through wide intervals in stress or syntax, producing surprise or tension. It contrasts with smooth conjunct flow, suiting fragmented modern verse or expressions of dislocation. From melodic terminology, it highlights poetry’s capacity for jagged energy. Disjunct elements energize the text, forcing active reader engagement and evoking emotional or psychological breaks. Its use underscores verse’s expressive range, allowing poets to convey disruption, ecstasy, or modernity while maintaining overall musical coherence through strategic contrast.
Example
Example in poetry:
Disjunct leaps create angular effect: "thoughts disjunct shattered the calm, leaping from despair to sudden rage in jagged lines."; Contrasts with conjunct for dramatic tension in modern or fragmented poetry.; Students experiment with disjunct rhythm using irregular stresses and enjambments.; Educational example: depict emotional chaos with disjunct imagery jumps across short, broken lines.; Disjunct suits expressions of dislocation or ecstasy with wide intervallic motion.; It highlights poetry's capacity for surprise and energy through contrast.
Additional Notes
Disjunct motion employs larger leaps for angular, dramatic, or surprising effect, suiting fragmented modern verse or expressions of dislocation and intensity; it contrasts conjunct smoothness. Tip: introduce abrupt stress or syntactic jumps to convey chaos or ecstasy. Educational contrast with conjunct highlights expressive range. Students experiment in free verse to energize text. In teaching, disjunct passages force active engagement and mimic psychological breaks. This term expands poetry's palette for tension and modernity while strategic use maintains overall musical coherence through deliberate contrast.
Also Known As
Disjunct motion Leaping motion
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