Greek Metrics

The greek metrics are a collection of 26 short rhythms enumerated below. They are encoded in the fragments_db.db file in the databases directory. They are also provided as XML files in the fragments directory.

Name	Quarter length list
Spondee	[2.0, 2.0]
Iamb	[1.0, 2.0]
Trochee	[2.0, 1.0]
Anapest	[1.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Amphimacer	[2.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Amphibrach	[1.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Bacchius	[1.0, 2.0, 2.0]
Dactyl	[2.0, 1.0, 1.0]
5/16	[2.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Choriamb	[2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Antipast	[1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Ionic Minor	[1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0]
Ionic Major	[2.0, 2.0, 1.0, 1.0]
Peon I	[2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0]
Peon II	[1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 1.0]
Peon III	[1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Peon IV	[1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Epitrite I	[1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0]
Epitrite II	[2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0]
Epitrite III	[2.0, 2.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Epitrite IV	[2.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Adonic	[2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0]
Dochmius I	[1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Dochmius II	[2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Amphimacer+Anapest	[2.0, 1.0, 2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0]
Dactyl+Antibacchius	[2.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0]