2/13/08

Mad Lib: for Experts

Arrange the extracted adjectives into their appropriate positions, if you dare.

wayward
warm
quiet
reflective
searching
hesitant
fascinating

concentrated

But the quality of [the performer’s] playing--__________ and __________, yet _________--came through most clearly in the Feldman piece and in John Cage’s “In a Landscape,” a stream of __________, __________ arpeggios. Here [the performer] made each note glisten individually, and then connected the resulting harmonies into a ___________, ___________, ___________ path forward.


Hint(s):

Here is some of Morton Feldman’s piano music, “Triadic Memories.”

This is John Cage’s “In a Landscape.”


Click here for the answer.

Good Luck! You’re going to need it.
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4 comments:

Sator Arepo said...

I failed it.

Empiricus said...

Then you are not an expert, sir.

Aaron said...

But the quality of [the performer’s] playing--quiet and warm, yet searching --came through most clearly in the Feldman piece and in John Cage’s “In a Landscape,” a stream of hesitant, wayward arpeggios. Here [the performer] made each note glisten individually, and then connected the resulting harmonies into a reflective, searching, fascinating path forward.

I failed, but then I'm an amateur at madlibs.* The adjective "concentrated" should be among the madlib options, though.


*I have never done it for money, anyhow. I have spelled things for money, though, and Jim Thorpe lost his medals for less.

Empiricus said...

"Concentrated" has been corrected, sir. You ARE an expert in my books.