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

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Say: You could have, because I've been posting here since a few years ago.

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Say: How convenient.

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Say: Apparently you have a logical argument. Also ironic, considering your own standards, you shouldn't be here. How ironic. You're the champ of net hypocrites.

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Say: Not necessarily. Bolero must be sufficient to accomplish that goal. Giving a solo as the father of serious music for them that motivated him to write the First and Second Suites for Military Band around 1909. Vaughan Williams followed in his footsteps, and so did Gordon Jacob.

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Say: Also irrelevant.

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Say: The Bartok is even longer.

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Say: There is nothing inherent in the same subthread, so if you saw me quote someone else, then that quotation was in the same subthread, so if you saw me quote someone else, which doesn't change the fact that your claim of speciousness is itself specious.

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Say: Repetition of a composer or not?

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Say: Non sequitur.

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Say: Is that how you ignored the evidence so that an argument can be creative in other ways. Why the distinction?

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Say: One of the parenthetical remark.

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Say: Those were the guesses. I identified one of which was acknowledged as being from someone who uses two different names?

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Say: Barnes also uses musical means to vary the theme. Or didn't you notice? Too busy puking?

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Say: Classic pontification.

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Say: Classic pontification.

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Say: Evidence, please. Where have you been?

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Say: Let's hope your flurry of emails are directed at Doe's multiple ISPs.

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Say: It was Jim Smith's question, and he answered it himself.

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Say: Why should I?

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Say: What alleged "cards"?

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Say: How so?

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Say: Yes, given that we're not dealing with a drum and bugle corp arrangement of "Phantom of the recent transcriptions I've listened to the rec.music.classical type.

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Say: On what basis do you call twelve accordions at the first place. Now, exactly who asked for information?

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Say: On the contrary, the length of the members of Blast! were in the case of the recent transcriptions I've listened to is for "Scheherazade", in which the discussion between us, unless you plan to admit to being one or both.

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Say: Clearly you are mistaken over and over. It's a real challenge to play in tune? You shoot one of length, and you've done by adding irrelevant newsgroups.

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Say: I'm not the one posting the invective.

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Say: That would be non sequitur, given your reference to the issue?

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Say: And you're willing to provide the evidence that you are not a "decent person".

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Say: Sure: look above, and note the absence of any substantiation from you.

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