Alphabet associations - I

[rubbernecker]

Two down, one to go. Where do you most often encounter syncopation?

In so-called popular music, as practised by beat combos such as Japan's Pizzicato Five, perhaps?

[subcontrabass]

In so-called popular music, as practised by beat combos such as Japan's Pizzicato Five, perhaps?

I am looking for another piece of music (originally paired with a legato).

[Norfolk Born]

Leroy Anderson Jazz Pizzicato

[subcontrabass]

Leroy Anderson Jazz Pizzicato

Now we wait in a Queue for the gentleman from Norfolk.

[Nick Armstrong]

I'm glad that appears to have been a source of merriment to you, Caliban. Always nice to round off one's natal day with a good chortle at my expense

Merely continuing the time-honoured tradition of reciprocal p***-taking

[rubbernecker]

Merely continuing the time-honoured tradition of reciprocal p***-taking

Have you played my present yet?

[Norfolk Born]

I'm afraid a 'Q' could take much longer to devise than an 'R' on which I've been working and which I can complete tomorrow morning (if that's OK).

[rubbernecker]

I'm afraid a 'Q' could take much longer to devise than an 'R' on which I've been working and which I can complete tomorrow morning (if that's OK).

You're welcome to jump the Q, Norfy

[Nick Armstrong]

Have you played my present yet?

Not yet... recently unwrapped... many thanks! Shall report this weekend!

[Norfolk Born]

Which 'R' forms the subject of compositions that reportedly resulted from: an incident in the Mendips; a couplet and a short story written by different people but in the same language; and a belated request from a soprano?

[Norfolk Born]

Hmmm...no takers yet...
Would it help if I said that the work requested by a soprano is sometimes performed with the soprano replaced by a clarinet?

[subcontrabass]

Hmmm...no takers yet...
Would it help if I said that the work requested by a soprano is sometimes performed with the soprano replaced by a clarinet?

Is this a rocking question?

[cloughie]

Is it a flower?

[Norfolk Born]

Is this a rocking question?

It is. I have to correct my previous message: the work requested by a soprano features a soprano AND a clarinet.

[cloughie]

It is. I have to correct my previous message: the work requested by a soprano features a soprano AND a clarinet.

That would have been a giveaway I was struggling with the substitution - vocalise and r don't fit!