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To: doug from upland; thoughtomator
Listen to the MIDI. I think I got the meter right.

Well, sorta. Check syllable stresses:

I don't CARE if I EVer get BACK.
AT least IT wasn't HILLary [W]ITCH. [DFU]
[At] LEAST it WASn't that HILLary [W]ITCH. [Thoughtomator]

Moving "at" to a pickup note (or leaving it out altogether) improves the word stress pattern for the next few notes, even if it necessitates adding another syllable elsewhere.

30 posted on 07/25/2004 6:33:15 PM PDT by supercat (Why is it that the more "gun safety" laws are passed, the less safe my guns seem?)
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To: supercat; doug from upland

Sung out along with the tune, it makes a lot more sense with the word "that" in there, imho. "At" does become a grace note in this context, which works because the word "at" by itself doesn't deserve any stress (unless you are making a direct comparison to the use of a differing preposition, which I don't think is happening here).


34 posted on 07/25/2004 6:42:09 PM PDT by thoughtomator (End the imperialist moo slime colonization of the West!)
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To: supercat

It's not a "W." It is a "B."


37 posted on 07/25/2004 6:46:00 PM PDT by doug from upland
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