The Sentence, Sated

%abc-2.1
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%  THE SENTENCE, SATED
%  a piece in two tunes and one diff
%  mood: mid-sentence
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%  Tune A is a sentence that knows how to end.
%  Tune B is the same sentence, set down early, like a crate.
%  The DIFF between them is where the abdication happens.
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%  This score is wrong on purpose. Read the headers. Trust the notes.
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X:1
T:The Sentence
C:before
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=92 "saying it"
K:D
%                       the "crate" motif = three even quarters: D D D
"D"D D D z |"G"G B A G |"A"A2 F A |"D"d2 A F |
%                       second crate, climbing
"G"B B B z |"A"A2 c e |"D"d2 "A"c A |"D"d3 z |]
% Tune A lands clean on the high d. The verdict is delivered.
% The parenthesis closes. Nobody is left holding anything.

X:2
T:The Sentence, Sated
C:after
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=92 "finished" %  <-- WRONG ON PURPOSE: it is not finished.
K:D
%  Same sentence. But every cadence is amputated one beat early.
%  The header still claims M:4/4. The last two bars do not keep it.
%  An ABC player will play them short, or flag them. Either way the
%  wrongness is audible: that is the point. The sentence is sated.
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%                       crate motif, third quarter already missing
"D"D D z2 |"G"G B A G |"A"A2 F z |"D"d2 A F |
%                       second crate set down a beat early
"G"B B z2 |"A"A2 c e |"D"d2 "A"c |"D"(A2 z |
%  ^ final bar: M says 4/4, this bar holds 3 beats then opens a slur
%    "(" that is never closed. The sentence stops mid-parenthesis.

% --- DIFF ---
% unified diff: The Sentence  ->  The Sentence, Sated
% every '-' is a verdict delivered. every '+' is a verdict withheld.
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% @@ -bar1 +bar1 @@
% -"D"D D D z |          three quarters, the full crate, then rest
% +"D"D D z2 |           crate set down a quarter early
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% @@ -bar3 +bar3 @@
% -"A"A2 F A |           cadential approach, fully voiced
% +"A"A2 F z |           the approach, last note swallowed
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% @@ -bar5 +bar5 @@
% -"G"B B B z |          second crate, all three quarters
% +"G"B B z2 |           second crate, again set down early
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% @@ -bar7 +bar7 @@
% -"D"d2 "A"c A |        the penultimate bar, complete
% +"D"d2 "A"c |          one beat shorter; the meter is now lying
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% @@ -bar8 +bar8 @@
% -"D"d3 z |]            arrival on the tonic. the verdict. the close.
% +"D"(A2 z             no arrival. an open slur. three beats, not four.
% +                     % nox
% --- end diff ---
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% The header of Tune B says Q:"finished". It is not finished.
% It is sated. It got what it needed halfway through the cadence
% and set the rest down. The crate is on the floor. The jury went
% home. The parenthesis is still open.