largo ma non tanto, yes

[fflo]

i've got things to say. i really do.

stop for a while and it's hard to know where to begin.

it's practically the new year now. and that'll take care of that.

(that's a funny expression, "that'll take care of that.")

what do you want to hear about, reader(s)? i'm taking requests. to get the pump going. be nosy if you want. be all nose, then all ears.

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[peteralway.livejournal.com]

o/~ Betcha I can beatcha at a game of Do-mi-noes o/~

That or Post one of your songs.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

you're on, peteralway! tonight? my place or yours?

got no stuff of mine here at the office. maybe later. meantime you gonna write the dominoes challenge song? that line's a good start, methinks.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Tonight. My place. Name the hour.

The dominoes challenge song is Trad. The melody is mock Gregorian chant. The full lyrics, as far as I know them are:

Betcha I can beat you at a game of dominoes.
No you can't.
Yes I can.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

7:17. shall I bring bones, or do you have that covered?

e- me your house number again. i can never remember which building it yours. fflo at lj will do if you've not got me stored---it gets fwded to me.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

i wanna read about drama!

[fflo.livejournal.com]

drama, hunh. any particular kind of drama?

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

why, dyke drama, of course. (certainly not scrabulous drama!)

[fflo.livejournal.com]

:)

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

7:17. Check.

Bones--Bring 'em.

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Ann Arbor, MI, 48104

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[fflo.livejournal.com]

see ya then

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I stand defeated.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

you held your own, sir. coulda gone either way at the end there.

[chip645.livejournal.com]

I don't s'poze you have anything like a link to that...

I've been trying to chase a memory of a memory of a comedy routine of something along those lines...

I thought it might have been Bill Cosby, but a guy across the bar the other night was sure it was Seinfeld...

I don't even remember if it was something I HEARD or heard OF.

Your posting was as close as Google could get me...

I can't BELIEVE I complicated my life with yet another Username/Password just to ask...

'Any help in rescuing this from the ash-heap of human history?

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

and what does largo ma non tanto mean?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

it's a tempo marking.

Tempo

[chip645.livejournal.com]

largo ma non tanto

Largo = A VERY SLOW TEMPO
largo (from Latin largus, meaning broad, large)
adagio (at ease)
lento (slow)

The expressions given above are frequently used in combination with one another, and with certain auxiliary terms, but to attempt to define these combinations in this book would be altogether impracticable. The conductor should however understand the significance of the following qualifying expressions:
non tanto (not too much) non troppo (not too much)

ma non tanto (but not too much)
ma non troppo (but not too much) ?! ;)
http://library.untraveledroad.com/Ch/Gehrkens/Conducting/Tempo.htm

Spam?

[chip645.livejournal.com]

My last post was labeled as "Spam" along with the warning that:
"This user has turned on the option that logs your IP address when posting."

'Not a very friendly welcome! :(

Re: Spam?

[chip645.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

Maybe it was because I took the trouble to post the source...

Here it is minus that...

largo ma non tanto

Largo = A VERY SLOW TEMPO
largo (from Latin largus, meaning broad, large)
adagio (at ease)
lento (slow)

The expressions given above are frequently used in combination with one another, and with certain auxiliary terms, but to attempt to define these combinations in this book would be altogether impracticable. The conductor should however understand the significance of the following qualifying expressions:
non tanto (not too much) non troppo (not too much)

ma non tanto (but not too much)
ma non troppo (but not too much) ?! ;)