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"Scott, I must say it's beyond me that you should want to write music with such complex rhythms simply to match the pulse and articulation of the prose...what about recitative? (I'm sure you know what that means but, in case anyone's…"

"Here's the thing. Notation is based on exact subdivisions. Music is fluid. Not at all exact. People have been giving you suggestions on how to deal with a problem of your own makeing. Let them help you. No one is attacking your premise. If you…"

"Makes perfect sense, Gregorio! 32/3 = 10,6667 semi quavers If we turn some of these demi-semis (or whatever) to 32nd note triplets and tie them to the rest (or untie them, as the case may be, I see no problem :-) )"

"so you have 13 - 32nd notes to be divided by 3.. easy.. Each one being a third - would be an 8th note plus 1/3 of a 32nd note - which would be a 1/96th note..  (as One of the 32nd notes must be divided by 3 - and then added to all 3 eighths) so…"

"Seriously, it seems like no one wants to answer my question, just attack the premise, not to say that there is nothing useful in these responses. Thank you to Socrates, especially.  That may be very useful to me, but not necessarily in this…"

"Hi Scot. I just had a quick look through this thread and I note the problem and the advice given which I found quite helpful. Because in my life I write a lot of text + vocal music to go with it, I familiarised myself from a very early age with some…"

"Again, no I did not say I was having difficulty reading my own rhythms.  I attempted to teach myself piano many years ago, but only got so far.  The coordination was a problem for me, and my parents never got me piano lessons even though I…"

"Scott, Feel free to disregard this post, if you like.  Personally,  I might tend think that setting prose to music is a problem. Consider how many different ways there are to say most any line in Shakespeare. The actor gets to say the line…"

"Again, no I did not say I was having difficulty reading my own rhythms.  I attempted to teach myself piano many years ago, but only got so far.  The coordination was a problem for me, and my parents never got me piano lessons even though I…"

"Yes, you did… here is the whole quote: From the 'attorney's post'.. am working on an opera based on a copyrighted sources. The owner of the copyright is Marvel Comics. I have written four times for permission to use their…"

"I didn't say that.  I just said I'm not that good at sight-singing ion general, and that others have had issues with my handwriting."

""especially as you mention (in another post)  that You are having trouble reading your own rhythms to sing)!!)" !!!"

"How should I write that tuplet for the effect I want?"

""The music follows the natural rhythm of the text rather than the other way around.  " Yes, I get that… but one's task, arguably, as a Composer - is to translate that in such way, that it is not so hard to figure on the…"

"Yes, and/or perhaps the rhythms should be lengthened (of the whole section)  by double for easier figuring.."

"The time signature is determined by the vocal line, which is a sixteenth, a dotted sixteenth, a dotted eighth, and an eighth.  The words are "back of her neck." "