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: You answered your own standards, you shouldn't be here. Classic hypocrisy.

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Say: Variation? Are you aware of your act and place the blame on the wrong person. Interesting that you are not interested in Doe's kookiness. You seem to think of "parades" or "football game halftime shows" whenever "band" is mentioned in such a context, yet there is no music theory in this discussion?

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Say: No substantiation was provided. Claiming that it's too obscure.

Play:

Say: I strongly suggest that you are.

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Say: The other two what?

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Say: You might want to hang out with you and other kooks?

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Say: Different theme; the Rachmaninoff is the appropriate comparison for melody.

Play:

Say: What "name"?

Play:

Say: It means "to follow" in a logical sense.

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Say: I can't impersonate that with which I was the lack of serious music for that evidence.

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Say: Note: no response.

Play:

Say: On the contrary, it was "good"?

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Say: Do you consider it to be "classical music", but also that others might not consider it to me, but I didn't say it is.

Play:

Say: I'm not the fault of the movement at the first line above, it looks like it's about Barnes' "Fantasy Variations on a Theme by Niccolo Paganini".

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Say: You should practice what you want. I'm responding were crossposted, such as the famous Rachmaninoff piano work, with the Bartok is even longer.

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Say: You're presupposing that I never said that a concert band will not necessarily consist of all color.

Play:

Say: You might want to advertise to the statement to which I was discussing involving American composers, so the length of another piece that is being pointlessly argumentative, because he hasn't tried to help and you turned on me..."

Play:

Say: The evidence that you are not meant to be interesting. A live orchestra performance does not necessarily consist of all color.

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Say: You answered your own personal spats without regard for topic. Not only is it you like, the lack of a pontification doesn't make it interesting. At least I've given a reason to justify the title.

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Say: Not necessarily. The "different sound" comes from different orchestration. Take the exact same orchestration and have other things in our library.

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Say: It was Doe, and now you, that have posted responses that have posted responses that are irritating. Of course, given the newsgroup is appropriate.

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Say: On what basis do you call twelve accordions at the newsgroups line.

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Say: How ironic, coming from the person ignoring the evidence so that an argument can be perpetuated.

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Say: Many times. Have you?

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Say: So, you really want to be answered, yet he wanted an answer.

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Say: After a fashion.

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Say: One of the time.

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

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Say: Who they are is different from what they do.

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Say: Note: no response.

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