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#105216 06/09/03 03:56 PM
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My favorite extemporization used to be the Goldberg Variations. Damn my deafness.
http://inkpot.com/classical/bachgoldberg.html


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Howcome you are all too lazy to point out the difference
between "variation" and "extemporize"?


#105218 06/09/03 06:15 PM
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too lazy

Or either too polite, one.


#105219 06/09/03 06:16 PM
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Goldberg, iceberg...


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Don't be polite, be instructive.
Goldberg = intellectual
I used to play it for hours when I had insomnia.Frequently.
Extemporaneous means spontaneous, like the best jazz.
An improvisation can be planned, rehearsed, and improved.


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I used to play it for hours when I had insomnia.Frequently.

Thus keeping everyone awake and sharing the misery. Always makes me feel better too!



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Misery loves company. But I used hi-fi headphones under pillow, and sacked out upstairs in my den. Now there's a word I haven't seen for years. A male sanctum sanctorum, off limits to females and kids.


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"male sanctum sanctorum"
and named approriately for the cave where bears curl up to sleep for several months after eating as much as possible.


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named approriately for the cave where bears curl up to sleep

Is the Bear Catholic?


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Whoosh!
That was the sound of a statement going right over my head.

D'oh I get it "Sanctum" whereas I was referring to the den of thieves. oops I mean bears.

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female bears den up too, y'know!


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