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straight into the other, as for example in Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1156-9 = 1167-70 (Ex. 5.4). |
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The dochmiac measure itself may fragment: the groups of three and five occasionally appear in reverse order to make the so-called hypodochmius,  , and the five-group (a paeon, when considered by itself) may be repeated a few times on its own, as at Agamemnon 1136-7 = 1146-7 (Ex. 5.5). |
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Here and there we encounter an isolated measure of the apparent form  , which could be seen as the three-group of the dochmius prefixed to an iambic instead of a paeonic unit. |
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Various other irregular forms occur in places, and it is not always clear what rhythmic interpretation is to be put on the metrical data. There may be two short notes where the normal dochmius in the responding strophe has one:  or  . Or the second short may be absent,  ; this rarity sometimes stands at a pause, and should perhaps be interpreted on the analogy of iambic  as  . |
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The asymmetrical groupings which are the essence of dochmiac rhythm are paralleled in the folk music of various countries, but particularly in that of the Balkans.42 Bartók's specimens of Hungarian folk music include a song from Transylvania which is in perfect dochmiac rhythm (Ex. 5.6).43 |
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42 Sachs, RT 93f.; WM 116-18, Nettl, FTM 87-91. |
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43Hungarian Folk Music, ex. 36. cf. p. 57. |
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