The Music of Hindostan c13.s3.149

c13.s3.149

the effect is lost if the second minim in addition to being lengthened is also emphasized. Stress pulses, and demands regularity; duration is complementary, and revels in irregularity. In order to get the true sense of duration we have to get rid of stress, and this would mean that we must find some other means (as the Hindus do) of marking the beginning of the bar than by accenting it. Tchaikowsky’s Scherzo and Trio do this. The Scherzo is in elongated trochees (7 + 3 instead of 6 + 3):