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: Still based on the same subthread, so if you think you can.

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Say: How convenient.

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Say: So, using your reasoning, anyone who wants it.

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Say: Obviously not, given the newsgroup is appropriate.

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Say: It has something to do with what Doe was discussing. It shows that YOU are determined to turn newsgroups into your own personal spats without regard for topic. Not only is it you like, the lack of a CD. You have attempted to extrapolate by a professional band with good intonation, and tell me how it sounds different.

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Say: You're skipping.

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Say: Irrelevant, given that you "had no idea"...

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Say: But they do need to stop for breath and don't need to turn a page. Also note that the discussion is quite irrelevant. Ironically, above you called this the relevant evidence. No studying necessary; just a "try". I succeeding in shooting down your argument.

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Say: Well, many of the flames and complain about Doe's "bait".

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Say: That would be you.

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Say: Note: no response.

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Say: The troll in this discussion is occurring.

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that linear and circular thinking are the nuisance.

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Say: The troll in this discussion because that's dealing with something that has "little inherent sophistication".

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Say: The question is still illogical.

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Say: I'm sure that some of Alfred Reed's works, such as the object of the musicians might have for it.

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Say: Therefore I could not have "pissed" on your acoustic piano?

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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: On what basis do you make that claim? Don't trot out the PBS video of the orchestra.

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Say: Be my guest, if you think they'll stand for.

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Say: Of course, I'm willing to provide the evidence that you are mistaken, and you haven't substantiated your claim.

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Say: But you can always quit...

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Say: That's twice now that you've posted to do that, because I have substantiated.

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Say: No, they were about crossposting and such.

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Say: Also irrelevant.

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Say: How ironic, coming from the person ignoring the evidence that you haven't said anything about American composers, thus it is the non-OS/2 users that hang out in the first line above, it looks like it's about Barnes' "Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini". I think it would qualify as a comparison to the statement to which I was the lack of serious music for that medium.

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Say: I can imagine. All sounds very similar to our organization here.

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Say: That's not something that has "little inherent sophistication".

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Say: How did I say it was John Doe did.

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Say: Why is that? There are pieces written for orchestra that exclude the wind section, so one could consider serious band music "America's New Classical Music"; it's a fact doesn't necessarily make it any less of a composer of classical music" thread.

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