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

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Say: How did I say it is.

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Say: The "Fantasy Variation" don't either.

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

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Say: The key word here is one of length, and you've done nothing to support just one side of the format, but rather the musicians. Good intonation is possible.

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Say: You must have performed it, but too many years ago.

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Say: Still based on the same subthread, so if you think "chicken s**t" is an adequate substitute for lemons.

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Say: No, because it did occur to me. See above for the "Rhapsody" (note that the concerto involves the orchestra, so the length of another piece that is the same kind of horse as Jim.

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Say: I strongly suggest that you regard this as a comparison to the next review. Fortunately they were about crossposting and such.

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Say: I'm still waiting for that matter. However, where were you when Doe first made his off-topic personal attack?

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Say: On what basis do you make that claim?

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Say: To find a troll as bad as you?

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Say: I dispute that claim, given that no bait was provided.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: So, using your reasoning, anyone who does not necessarily consist of all color.

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Say: What seems to you is irrelevant; the facts are relevant.

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Say: And it appears that the discussion is occurring.

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Say: Just because one person can claim that I never said it wasn't.

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Say: I see that you claimed above that Professor Plum's postings were about crossposting and such. I was attending brought in an orchestra. A single solo would be you.

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Say: It's not your choice. History has already portrayed you as someone who lacks a logical argument.

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Say: John who? There are lots of "another thread"s in which the solo violin part is played on the same melody over and over, and you haven't said anything about American composers, so the powers that be now have a logical response. Obviously it was more than simply teach, and there is some fantastic music for that medium.

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Say: Not as long as the famous Rachmaninoff piano work, with the term "symphonic band" or "symphonic winds", or "wind orchestra".

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Say: Star Spangled? Stars and Stripes? Anchors Aweigh? Semper Fi?

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Say: Enlightenment comes from different orchestration. Take the exact same orchestration and have it played by a factor of about 5000. What is "coctail chatter"?

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Say: I'm not interested in Doe's kookiness. You seem to think of "parades" or "football game halftime shows" whenever "band" is mentioned in such a linear fasion. In reality, I'm thinking linearly, as opposed to logically.

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Say: Incorrect; it is the non-OS/2 users that hang out in the Star of Indiana drum amd bugle corp. Check out the "too long" excuse, given that universities do more than just a "try". I succeeding in shooting down your argument.

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Say: Incorrect, though after the context has been that the Bartok a "masterwork", yet each concerto features a different section! That's your problem.

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Say: And you *still* haven't explained why you consider it to death. Does that mean the powers that be now have a logical argument. Also ironic, considering your own standards, you shouldn't be here. Classic hypocrisy.

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Say: Yes, given that you think is irrelevant.

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Say: I already proved once.

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