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Re: Musical conlangs

From:Garth Wallace <gwalla@...>
Date:Thursday, January 8, 2004, 1:42
John Cowan wrote:
> Doug Dee scripsit: > > >>I suppose you could have all words be the same length, or you could >>have all words end with note #4. Any other ideas? > > > Prolong the last (or first, or penultimate) note of each word. This is > the analogue of a fixed-stress rule, and is a lot less ugly than pausing > between words.
Regular dynamic stress would do the trick too, I would think.