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For a writing exercise about melody, variations on the title of Paul McCartney’s “Eleanor Rigby"
For an exercise on writing to melodies, I'll consider Paul McCartney's "Eleanor Rigby". That name contains five syllables, with the first and fourth ones stressed. The song's other name, "Father Mackenzie", has the same stress pattern but reverses the number of syllables in the two words. The song's other two