That's fun Toby. That's a great way to explain it. I've been reading music so long that for those types of markings I wouldn't need syllables. But where syllables come in handy is when you come across a weird rhythm marking that you have to fit into the a given time space. As an example, imagine going along with straight 4/16ths notation and then the composer throws in one beat of 5/16ths where you have to throw an extra note into the same space as the previous beat where there only 4 notes in that beat. Now THAT requires a syllable
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