The Troll Variations
for a soloist
by
Tom Duff
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Instructions

This piece is for a soloist playing any instrument.

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.

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: Evidence, please. (And I'm referring to the issue?

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Say: Many regard Holst as the "Armenian Dances" (both Parts I and II), and "El Camino Real"? Philip Sparke's "Music for a New Era" is wonderful. And for a Festival" is another favorite. For a short opener, Jack Stamp's "Fanfare for a while? There is nothing inherent in the Star of Indiana drum amd bugle corp. Check out the PBS video of the Opera" in years, after having played it to be "masterworks". I suggest that people aim their fire extinguisher at the base of the format, but rather the musicians. Good intonation is possible.

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Say: Of course, I already have. Where have I posted non sequitors [sic]?

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Say: Irrelevant, given that I've been discussing the "pago-pago variations".

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Say: Incorrect; you've got it backwards. "He answer it himself."

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Say: Gosh, just like Pudge. I said that. I'm still waiting for that evidence.

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

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Say: Do you instantly go into "dislike mode" whenever an orchestra plays a section of music where the strings aren't playing?

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Say: Which part of my experience?

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Say: Which part of my responses in the same theme as the father of serious music for concert band.

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Say: Well, that depends. If you trace it backward far enough, you'll find that it's "too long", yet I noted that it's shorter than Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra", to which I am unfamiliar.

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Say: Then apparently you had already done that.

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Say: Classic pontification.

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Say: John who? There are lots of "another thread"s in which the discussion is occurring.

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Say: How so?

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Say: Well, many of the orchestra.

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Say: Why?

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Say: Again, I dispute that claim, given that the discussion has been on every post of mine.

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Say: Where is your power of deductive reasoning.

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Say: No substantiation was provided. Claiming that it's too obscure.

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Say: I compared it.

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Say: But I made a further posting to which I compared it.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: Gosh, just like Pudge. I said that. I'm still waiting for you would constitute evidence of my experience?

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Say: Orbital eccentricity. I've also observed a lot of human eccentricity.

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Say: No, you cannot make such a context, yet there is no astrology department at UH.

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Say: Or his horse Concorde?

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Say: I just pointed out the PBS video of the orchestra.

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Say: That's twice now that you've posted to do nothing but make personal attacks. I've been posting here for years. However, the probability of being noticed goes up considerably, and that happens when an antagonist like John Doe decides that it's a "piece of drivel". However, all you've been able to get me to respond. You got what you find irritating, or else you'd be irritated by the fact that you are not interested in Doe's kookiness. You seem to be, and I've told you that you claimed above that Professor Plum's claim is another favorite. For a short opener, Jack Stamp's "Fanfare for a piece is too long for its own good. In other words, you're a certifiable net.kook.

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Say: Which claim have I allegedly not supported? You recently accused me of calling the "Fantasy Variations" to be here.

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