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  • LMcD
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    • Sep 2017
    • 8415

    Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
    I thought that about being landed with N.
    Maybe in this period of so many other restrictions on our daily life we could relax the AA rules and let the setter choose their own letter?
    I'd vote for that, but what do others think?
    I know we're a hardy breed on here.
    Perhaps the rules could be relaxed to the extent that, in the case of trickier letters, e.g. Q, X and Z, these can be included in, but need not necessarily begin, the answers.

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    • cloughie
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      • Dec 2011
      • 22115

      Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
      I thought that about being landed with N.
      Maybe in this period of so many other restrictions on our daily life we could relax the AA rules and let the setter choose their own letter?
      I'd vote for that, but what do others think?
      I know we're a hardy breed on here.
      I don’t think carte blanche but I may be skipping a letter will be sufficient to keep things moving. It may be easier to go for a P.

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      • LMcD
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        • Sep 2017
        • 8415

        Originally posted by cloughie View Post
        I don’t think carte blanche but I may be skipping a letter will be sufficient to keep things moving. It may be easier to go for a P.
        OK with me. (Were you a fan of Bob Holness by any chance?)

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        • cloughie
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          • Dec 2011
          • 22115

          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
          OK with me. (Were you a fan of Bob Holness by any chance?)
          Not really but a bit of innuendo never goes amiss, a bit like rubato in Elgar Symphonies!

          A P which links Alex, Ernie and Alex.
          Last edited by cloughie; 03-04-20, 22:12.

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          • Pulcinella
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            • Feb 2014
            • 10896

            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
            Perhaps the rules could be relaxed to the extent that, in the case of trickier letters, e.g. Q, X and Z, these can be included in, but need not necessarily begin, the answers.
            I think that these awkward letters could already be skipped, under current guidelines/rules (), but I rather like the idea of including the letter somehow. That would be a new twist.

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            • cloughie
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              • Dec 2011
              • 22115

              Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
              I think that these awkward letters could already be skipped, under current guidelines/rules (), but I rather like the idea of including the letter somehow. That would be a new twist.
              It would be interesting to have one which included Q Z and X!

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              • Pulcinella
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                • Feb 2014
                • 10896

                Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                It would be interesting to have one which included Q Z and X!
                I thought that too, immediately after I'd posted.

                The word que or qui in a French title was the best I could come up with!

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                • cloughie
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                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22115

                  Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                  I thought that too, immediately after I'd posted.

                  The word que or qui in a French title was the best I could come up with!
                  Any idea on #3439 yet?

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                  • Pulcinella
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                    • Feb 2014
                    • 10896

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    Any idea on #3439 yet?
                    Tradition/custom dictates that the previous setter doesn't partake in the next round, but I could be bold and say that Borodin, Dohnanyi, and Scriabin probably all penned pieces for the piano.

                    But who in their right minds wants to be lumbered with setting a Q?

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                    • cloughie
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                      • Dec 2011
                      • 22115

                      Originally posted by Pulcinella View Post
                      Tradition/custom dictates that the previous setter doesn't partake in the next round, but I could be bold and say that Borodin, Dohnanyi, and Scriabin probably all penned pieces for the piano.

                      But who in their right minds wants to be lumbered with setting a Q?
                      Scriabin is right, but a piano piece is not what I had in mind!
                      I didn’t know about the tradition/custom to which you refer - I’m delighted for you to play a full role!

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                      • LeMartinPecheur
                        Full Member
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 4717

                        Would P be Poeme (e-grave)? Alex Scriab wrote more than you can shake a stick at, many for pf solo, so maybe he's Alex x2 for Poeme du feu and Le divin ditto? While Ernie Chausson also gets in twice at least, Poeme de la mer (etc) and the Poeme for vln & orch,

                        But I expect you'd still be wanting another Alex...
                        Last edited by LeMartinPecheur; 04-04-20, 20:33.
                        I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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                        • LMcD
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                          • Sep 2017
                          • 8415

                          Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
                          Would P be Poeme (e-acute)? Alex Scriab wrote more than you can shake a stick at, many for pf solo, so maybe he's Alex x2 for Poeme de feu and Le divin ditto? While Ernie Chausson also gets in twice at least, Poeme de la mer (etc) and the Poeme for vln & orch,

                          But I expect you'd still be wanting another Alex...
                          Alexander Glazunov composed a Poeme Lyrique.

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                          • LeMartinPecheur
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                            • Apr 2007
                            • 4717

                            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                            Alexander Glazunov composed a Poeme Lyrique.
                            Ha! If we've not got the right answer I think we should definitely get the 2nd prize, the Crackerjack Electric Trumpet!
                            I keep hitting the Escape key, but I'm still here!

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                            • LMcD
                              Full Member
                              • Sep 2017
                              • 8415

                              Originally posted by LeMartinPecheur View Post
                              Ha! If we've not got the right answer I think we should definitely get the 2nd prize, the Crackerjack Electric Trumpet!
                              Borodin's Petite Poeme d'Amour became a Petite Suite.
                              Scriabin's Poeme was ecstatic.
                              Glazunov's Poeme was lyrical.
                              Chausson's Poeme was about love and the sea.
                              (If the correct answer is in there somewhere, may I suggest that LMP be invited to set the next question?)

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22115

                                Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                                Borodin's Petite Poeme d'Amour became a Petite Suite.
                                Scriabin's Poeme was ecstatic.
                                Glazunov's Poeme was lyrical.
                                Chausson's Poeme was about love and the sea.
                                (If the correct answer is in there somewhere, may I suggest that LMP be invited to set the next question?)
                                Forget Mr Borodin and the rest is spot on - actually I would have also allowed just Poeme for Ernie C, so LMP has the next and as I skipped a letter would be forgiven if he chose to take R but it would be interesting to see him take on Pulcie’s Q X Z cocktail!
                                Over-

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