Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)

[Eddie]

The question on Chinese music described a notation style (numbers for scale degrees, dots for octaves below and above) that is extremely common in notating non-western musics (Indian, Indonesian, and Japanese music all use it, at least).

The question on "3" began with a clue that is at best ambiguous, since the German augmented 6th chord is often spelled with #2 instead of b3 (and b3 is not really the same as scale degree 3, in major mode).

Thanks for the corrections; the China tossup has been fixed accordingly.

For the theory tossup, do you think a lead-in like this would be an improvement?

"The flattened scale degree of this number can be added to an Italian sixth chord to produce a German sixth chord."

[vinteuil]

The question on Chinese music described a notation style (numbers for scale degrees, dots for octaves below and above) that is extremely common in notating non-western musics (Indian, Indonesian, and Japanese music all use it, at least).

The question on "3" began with a clue that is at best ambiguous, since the German augmented 6th chord is often spelled with #2 instead of b3 (and b3 is not really the same as scale degree 3, in major mode).

Thanks for the corrections; the China tossup has been fixed accordingly.

For the theory tossup, do you think a lead-in like this would be an improvement?

"The flattened scale degree of this number can be added to an Italian sixth chord to produce a German sixth chord."

Sure, that removes the ambiguity ("can" is good). Thanks!

Again, as I said in the other thread, I thought the music was the most solidly consistent category in the tournament, so kudos.

[Good Goblin Housekeeping]

Hey, so if I remember correctly the leadin to the kamakura tu wasn't super ideal because it referenced one of go-toba's actions which occurred during the kamakura period but led to at least 1 neg w/ the Heian period

[Sima Guang Hater]

Hey, so if I remember correctly the leadin to the kamakura tu wasn't super ideal because it referenced one of go-toba's actions which occurred during the kamakura period but led to at least 1 neg w/ the Heian period

You're right; Go-Toba's reign was in the Heian, but that poetry collection was released in the Kamakura. That's worth fixing, good catch.

[Masked Canadian History Bandit]

In Word, the red squiggle for unrecognized words can make v's and y's hard to distinguish.

There is an option in Word (and Pages) to turn off tracking for spelling/grammar errors, which greatly improves readability.

[kdroge]

Could someone with access to the set post the bonus about pornography? I'm having trouble downloading the set on my phone- thanks!

[Fado Alexandrino]

The tossup on metamorphic rock refers to it as "this specific material" at one point, which made it seem it was looking for a specific type of metamorphic rock for the first two thirds or so of the tossup.