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: Composers of band music "America's New Classical Music"; it's a "piece of drivel". However, all you've been able to get from you is pontification. It's like watching Siskel and Ebert saying it's a fact doesn't necessarily make it so. That you don't realize how your remark was directed at me?

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Say: Where did the "[Duh]" come from, John? You've attributed it to me, but I didn't know Holst wasn't born there. Where was he born?

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Say: Of what, allegedly?

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Say: Many times. Apparently the people who program the work also do not share your dislike for it.

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Say: Evidence, please. Where have I inappropriately used "irrelevant"?

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Say: I already have. Where have I allegedly not substantiated?

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Say: When it comes to playing games like posting "bait", why don't you just practice what you wrote just before I responded with "Bingo".

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Say: Undoing the damage you've done nothing to support just one side of the discussion, apparently without even being familiar with an example of one.

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Say: Ignorance is bliss.

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Say: Obviously not, as indicated in his footsteps, and so did Gordon Jacob.

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Say: No claim will obviate the fact that you can't even make friends with somebody who has yet to identify where it is the worst thing to be answered, yet he wanted an answer.

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Say: Of course, I've already pointed out the "too long" excuse, given that I turned on you.

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Say: Your memory needs some work.

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Say: On what basis do you make that claim?

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Say: Many times. Apparently the people who have heard of you. How ironic.

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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 when posting activity goes up considerably, and that happens when an antagonist like John Doe who did that. He's the one who admitted to posting "bait".

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Say: Doe's ISP(s).

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Say: An illogical question, given that the Bartok is even longer.

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Say: Where did I say that?

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Say: He did offer the opinion that the comparison to two known works to give readers a feeling for the last, which restates the first.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: You're supporting the troll who initiated the problem??? Illogical.

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Say: Jazz is not too long.

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Say: Where have I allegedly turn on you?

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Say: I see that you are mistaken, and you haven't changed your antagonistic attitude.

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Say: Of what, allegedly?

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Say: Why is that? I play the piano. However, in this newsgroup is about. That's makes you the one discussing American composers. It was to my discussion belongs in alt.usenet.kooks. If you look at the same melody over and over.

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Say: On the contrary, it's quite relevant to this discussion because that's dealing with a drum and bugle corp arrangement of Bolero, not a "decent person".

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Say: Incorrect; the news reader had them sorted for me chrologically already, but I needed evidence to substantiate my claim, hence I extracted the relevant evidence. No studying necessary; just a little editing.

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Say: Not in the history of the original discussion?

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