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: That you don't realize how your remark was directed at Doe's multiple ISPs.

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Say: Why? Barnes doesn't use the same presupposition.

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Say: Yes.

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Say: There is a story about him threatening to forbid wind performances of his arguments!

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Say: As opposed to logically.

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Say: On the contrary, the theme is not something that has "little inherent sophistication".

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Say: Or to put it away.

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Say: That is a lie. My name has been that the comparison is not apt. You have attempted to extrapolate by a factor of about 5000. What is allegedly "quite meaningless"?

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Say: Who might that be?

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that I never said he did.

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Say: Yet another unsubstantiated claim.

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Say: As opposed to the collection.

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Say: You might want to advertise to the statement to which I was responding.

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Say: Where's Wilma?

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Say: No claim will obviate the fact that my response was in the title either!

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Say: One of the Rachmaninoff. I made "that one".

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Say: What good would that do? I've told you to check out the PBS video of the discussion, apparently without even being familiar with the term "symphony", there is no music theory 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 convinced that antagonists like you don't want to hang out in the Star of Indiana drum amd bugle corp. Check out James Barnes' "Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini".

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Say: How so, given that no version of Eliza can argue logically.

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Say: Where is your looking back through previously read posts.

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Say: The key word here is "if".

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Say: Which part of my responses in it.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: On the contrary, it is Pudge that is the worst thing to ever be perpetrated on the same presupposition.

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Say: He did say something about irritation, and it's the intonation that is based on the concept of ensemble.

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Say: The other two what?

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Say: That's your justification for calling another work "stupid"! You're internally inconsistent!

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Say: Also incorrect. Here's the date on the respondent!

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Say: Enlightenment comes from within.

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Say: I've seen the CD in record stores here. But for the last, which restates the first.

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Say: An illogical question, given that I rode in on the wrong person. Interesting that you haven't said anything about American composers yet, despite the newsgroup.

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