Instructions

Alternate sections are marked Say and Play. The Say sections are spoken or sung to an improvised tune in a stentorian and condescending manner, as a traffic court judge lecturing a recidivist speeder. Read as though the text makes perfect sense, even though its grammar and meaning may make sudden, unexpected turns.

The Play sections use an ordinary five-line staff with oval note heads () interspersed with diamond () and cross () note heads. Play in a manner that contrasts with the lecturer's attitude. Be mocking or solicitous or calm or resigned or anything else appropriate.

• I've used bar lines set off groups of notes. Groups should be observed by accent, phrasing, pauses or some other way.
• The cross () indicates some non-standard noise, like a multiphonic or a strum behind the bridge or a dropped drumstick or a cheese-grater arpeggio or something else. Use your imagination.
• The diamond () indicates a note that is one semitone (in either direction) different from the preceding note.
• Rhythm, tempo and dynamics are entirely up to the performer. Since no clef is specified, you can pick that as well.

You can play in concert with other performers, who may play other versions of this piece, or other any other materials, composed or improvised. When playing with others, the Say sections should be performed as disruptively as possible, and the Play sections should be played sensitively, with utmost regard to enhancing the performance of the other players.

Score

Say: OT could mean "on topic", or "overtime" for that evidence.

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Say: Ignorance is bliss.

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Say: Then I'm qualified to be irritating? Indeed, my experience has been removed, it's hard for readers to determine that.

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Say: Those were the guesses. I identified one of which was acknowledged as being correct.

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Say: Why should I? I haven't been discussing anything with you.

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Say: Ah, so you're admitting to being one or both.

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Say: Bridgewater Hall, as I expected.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: I compared it.

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Say: Gosh, just like Pudge. I said that the source of irritation.

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Say: I'm not the one ignoring the evidence so that an argument can be perpetuated.

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Say: But I made it clear that *I* do consider it to me, but I didn't write that.

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Say: What good would that do? I've told you to check out the "too long" excuse, given that the comparison is not something that "decent people" do. Thus by your own standards, you shouldn't be here. How ironic. You're the champ of net hypocrites.

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Say: It figures that you are not a "decent person", so by your own standards, you shouldn't be here. How ironic. You're the one who admitted to posting "bait".

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Say: Why would I want to advertise to the collection.

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Say: Bingo, though they might prefer the term "symphony", there is summer session.

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Say: Non sequitur.

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Say: How about the length, yet the two pieces to which I am unfamiliar.

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Say: Why is that? I play the piano. However, in this particular case, the appearance is courtesy of John Doe, who crossposted to that newsgroup, thus my response was in the comparison is not "repeated ad nauseum". The theme of Niccolo Paganini represents the "same materials" in this particular case, the appearance is courtesy of John Doe, who admitted to "baiting" me, John. You did the "[Duh]" come from, John? You've attributed it to be pointlessly argumentative?

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Say: Well, you can always quit...

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Say: Yet another unsubstantiated claim.

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Say: He did offer the opinion that the average non-professional string musician, which leads to non-professional orchestras sounding more irritating than non-professional concert bands. Professional groups of either kind shouldn't sound irritating, though I'm sure that some of the Opera" in years, after having played it death and have other things in our library.

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Say: Yet more evidence that your remark is allegedly "quite meaningless"?

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Say: Sure: look above, and note the absence of any such cases?

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Say: I'm not the fault of the members of Blast! were in the OS/2 newsgroups and try to spread their FUD that are the only two possibilities.

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Say: Non sequitur.

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Say: Irrelevant, given that I've been posting here for years. However, the probability of being noticed goes up considerably when posting activity goes up considerably, and that happens when an antagonist like John Doe decides that it's "too long", yet I noted that it's a "piece of drivel". However, all you've been able to come up with him, not me.

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Say: I'm sure that some do at least some of Alfred Reed's works, such as yours, ironically.

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Say: I haven't suggested that everyone here listen.

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Say: On what basis do you call whatever is sitting in your desk chair "objective evidence"?

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