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« on: 10:56:24, 24-01-2008 » |
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This topic is intended for unrestricted discussion of the "Two- to Sixty-second Repertoire Test" competition, within whose thread proper only six restricted message types are permitted. Perhaps for instance some one may think of a way to make the competition more rewarding, some one else may need help with the rules and procedures, other members may wish tentatively to discuss answers before committing to them, setters may want to provide hints and clues, or it might be possible, even, to put together here a list of sites suitable for Members to upload their snatches to. |
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Ron Dough
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« Reply #1 on: 11:14:06, 24-01-2008 » |
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to put together here a list of sites suitable for Members to upload their snatches to.
Preposition at the end of a sentence, Sydney? Very modern, and surely high in the list of things that the old queen might have found hideous. Searching for sites suitable for the posting of members' snatches? Probably better not to Google that one...  |
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« Reply #2 on: 11:15:43, 24-01-2008 » |
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« Last Edit: 12:51:02, 24-01-2008 by time_is_now »
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« Reply #3 on: 12:32:43, 24-01-2008 » |
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Uploading snatches to suitable sites? Gosh! Wherever are you taking us, Sydney?  |
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Andy D
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« Reply #4 on: 12:33:39, 24-01-2008 » |
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Gosh, the rules look far too complicated for me, I'll never manage to learn them all off by heart. Hence I'm too worried that I might incur a massive penalty through inadvertently breaking one of them.
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Bryn
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« Reply #5 on: 13:10:50, 24-01-2008 » |
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Uploading snatches to suitable sites? Gosh! Wherever are you taking us, Sydney? |
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Reiner Torheit
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« Reply #6 on: 14:15:23, 24-01-2008 » |
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Very magnanimous to allow American music after all, I thought? Provided it was written in a church or concert hall, that is.
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #7 on: 15:00:57, 24-01-2008 » |
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We are slightly surprised that so far no one seems to know the work from which our first excerpt is drawn. To-morrow we shall offer an easier or even trivial one to draw Members in and get people started. In the mean time we urge other Members to get involved and present their own puzzles.
The limitation to a maximum length of six seconds is unnecessarily restrictive we are already beginning to feel. A snatch that is short rather than long is of course in the setter's interest, and that is the reason for the two-second minimum, but there is no particular reason for the six-second maximum and it may be putting possible participants off.
Does any one know any sites where these short MP3s may be referenced by a direct link? Again this if possible would encourage timid participants would not it.
And in response to Mr. D. - if he is serious - the basic rules are not at all complicated, and he need not worry about the calculation of his points - we will do it for him!
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Baz
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« Reply #9 on: 17:14:25, 24-01-2008 » |
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Does any one know any sites where these short MP3s may be referenced by a direct link? Again this if possible would encourage timid participants would not it.
Try www.mediamax.com - you can sign up for free and have 25 GB of space for sharing mp3 files. You can share them in various ways, including posting a URL link for others to link to from a forum such as this. Baz |
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stuart macrae
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« Reply #10 on: 18:55:25, 24-01-2008 » |
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Perhaps Bax?
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #12 on: 21:52:19, 24-01-2008 » |
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Not really; the present thread is the eminently right place for gropings such as "Litolff" or "Bax". To post a composer's name in isolation in the competition thread itself would be bound to fail and lose 75 points, because the rules call for "composer and unambiguous name of a work = correct; anything else = incorrect." As setter in this particular puzzle, gaining a point with each quarter hour that passes, it is not in our interest here to confirm or deny the "Litolff" and "Bax" gropings, but Members must feel free to discuss the question among themselves, calling upon their vast familiarity with the repertoire as they do so. All we will admit to is "It cannot possibly be both!" |
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« Reply #13 on: 21:57:52, 24-01-2008 » |
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On the other hand quite a few quarter-hours have elapsed since something not at all in the nature of a groping was published by Member Dish...
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Sydney Grew
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« Reply #14 on: 22:26:55, 24-01-2008 » |
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On the other hand quite a few quarter-hours have elapsed since something not at all in the nature of a groping was published by Member Dish... Points may in the end be calculated by any mathematically inclined Member upon the basis of the posting-times incorporated in the messages in question, thus the Member need not be unduly concerned by the passing of time in or of itself. |
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