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Easiest to substitute each pitch with the letters A-L (or numerals 1-12) and then (if you want) re-substitute back to pitches. Probably cheating though.
With the longsince demise of serialism, I don't think people are intuitively at ease with 12-note organisation, hence the old adage "As dead as a dodecaphonist" ...or whatever the expression was.
Really sums thing up! Notice is being taken of the way Conservative politicians always seem to need the union flag on display behind them when giving interviews or making announcements. This is being called flag virtue signalling, and copycatting America.
Really sums thing up! Notice is being taken of the way Conservative politicians always seem to need the union flag on display behind them when giving interviews or making announcements. This is being called flag virtue signalling, and copycatting America.
It's not just repressive laws the Johnson cabal are emulating China in:
Really sums thing up! Notice is being taken of the way Conservative politicians always seem to need the union flag on display behind them when giving interviews or making announcements. This is being called flag virtue signalling, and copycatting America.
Sadly this seems to be an obsession with politicians of all stripes, not just the conservatives
It seems that all politicians' PR advisors have decided that no statement can be made without the backdrop of the national (and EU for those who are still members) flag.
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest
Now the Govt is decreeing the Union Flag shoud be flown on Govt buildings every day.
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest
That was very funny, Padraig...I know it's not a joke but on a similar-ish theme, this was on R4 earlier in the week - I didn't know that Patrick Kielty was funny, but he certainly was in this:
Easiest to substitute each pitch with the letters A-L (or numerals 1-12) and then (if you want) re-substitute back to pitches. Probably cheating though.
With the longsince demise of serialism, I don't think people are intuitively at ease with 12-note organisation, hence the old adage "As dead as a dodecaphonist" ...or whatever the expression was.
You should only need numbers 1-9 in a standard Sudoku.
Anyway, there's no need for anyone to get crotchety over this.
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