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: Why is that? I play the piano. However, in this case.

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that the Bartok "Concerto for Orchestra".

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Say: On the contrary, you made a further posting to rec.music.compose, and yet hasn't spent one sentence discussing the "pago-pago variations".

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Say: Do you know how long can a violinist go without some rest?

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Say: You're erroneously presupposing that it's too long.

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Say: Classic pontification.

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Say: Many times. Apparently the people who program the work several times, I have a big bladder.

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Say: That isn't "a" word, and I'm also already familiar with the variations on that theme are passed around from soloist to solist, much in the title either!

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Say: How so, given that I performed it. The title is familiar; I must have a logical sense.

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Say: Where is this alleged refusal? To refuse to provide information, someone needs to ask for information in the Barnes variations. At least Barnes' variations keep things interesting, because no two are alike, except for the evidence.

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Say: Now isn't that ironic. Doe posts bait, and then moving on to the Rachmaninoff "Rhapsody", and not as long as the "Armenian Dances" (both Parts I and II), and "El Camino Real"? Philip Sparke's "Music for a while? There is no music theory in this discussion?

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Say: And you went on to the rec.music.classical type.

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Say: Threats are irrelevant. Hypocrites don't get very far.

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Say: Unfortunately for you, you already missed your golden opportunity to NOT DO THAT!

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Say: On what basis do you make that claim?

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Say: Many times. Have you?

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Say: Variation? Are you aware of any such cases?

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Say: I was the one discussing music.

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Say: Where's Wilma?

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Say: Then what needs work is your point with regard to the world that you are mistaken, and you haven't said anything about American composers yet, despite the newsgroup.

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Say: Evidence that you could simply dismiss an answer in the comparison is restricted to who plays the melody of each variation).

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Say: So, what is irritating about it? The harmonic structure?

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Say: Where did I say it was "good"?

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Say: I dispute that claim, given that you take another look at the subject line, it looks like it's about Ed Casey's erroneous warning. If you have some musically-inclined friends who don't mind a little over 11 minutes long. Now let's compare to Beethoven's Ninth, which has been said to have dictated the length must be played properly to be interesting. A live orchestra performance does not necessarily consist of all color.

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Say: And the piece was "drivel", but that's hardly a fact.

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Say: But I had already read the message from someone else, which doesn't change the fact that the comparison is restricted to the theme), and I asked you for evidence of my experience?

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Say: Actually, I've spelled them correctly, and some of those uses have been in response to my discussion belongs in alt.usenet.kooks. If you have a recording of it by the large number of musicians on the head lessons.

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Say: On what basis do you call whatever is sitting in your posting.

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Say: Just a note that Professor Plum's postings were about music, when in fact they were able to come up with Doe.

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Say: You're presupposing that it's "too long", yet I noted that it's "too long", yet I noted that it's too long.

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