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Note to players: You may give your answers in either English or the language of origin. Two answers required. In the preface to Book VIII of his madrigals, Monteverdi changes a system defined by these two terms by replacing one with both concitato and temperato, forming three genera of emotions. In modern scores, symbols historically called these two terms are placed above the note to indicate implied musica ficta. The hexachord starting on C is “natural” for having no notes specified by these terms. The mi and fa versions of a note are distinguished by these two (-5[1])terms, respectively appearing in hexachords (*) named for these two terms starting on G and F. (-5[1])The notes H and B are distinguished by signs named for these two (10[1]-5[1])terms, respectively evolving into the natural and sharp signs and the flat sign. In German, abbreviations for these two terms in Latin are used to denote major and minor keys. For 10 points, name these two terms denoting contrasting (10[1])rigidity. (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: durum and molle [accept hard and soft; prompt on sharp and flat, or natural and flat before “natural,” by asking “what were the historical terms for those?”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kais JessaCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryas rational as the square root of two power bottoms96-5
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha111-5
Jananan ArulseelanThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken12410
Michael DuYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers124-5
Jason ZhangShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 16310
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country16410
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit16410

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