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                                     THE  PURR  PARTITA                                          
                                for two voices and one cat                                       
                                                                                                 
                                      ~ the legend ~                                             
                                                                                                 
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   THE FORCES                                                                                    
                                                                                                 
     ༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ     VOICE ONE ── any human . no training , no shame .                             
     ༼つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ     VOICE TWO ── any other human .                                                
     /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\         THE CAT ──── any cat present , or none ; either way it is playing .         
                                                                                                 
     ◕‿⚆   ⚆‿◕      small badges at a lane's left show whose line it is .                        
                                                                                                 
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   THE PURR-LINE          roll a soft rrr at the front of the mouth , without stopping           
                                                                                                 
     .    almost nothing ── a purr remembered                                                    
     -    soft                                                                                   
     ~    easy , rolling                                                                         
     ≈    full                                                                                   
     #    as loud as you dare                                                                    
     █    the cat only . humans may not use this loudness .                                      
                                                                                                 
     height ── higher on the lane is higher in your voice ; your comfortable range               
               is the whole staff . there are no wrong notes , only wrong worries .              
                                                                                                 
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   THE MOUTH DIAL                                                                                
                                                                                                 
     ●    closed hum ( mm )          ◑    half open ( oh )                                       
     ◔    barely open ( mn )         ○    open all the way ( ah )                                
                                                                                                 
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   JOINS  &  SMALL EVENTS                                                                        
                                                                                                 
     ‿    slur ── slide between its two neighbours without a break                               
     つ    scoop ── swoop your pitch the way the arm points , then let go                         
     ⚆    chirp ── one short upward « mrp ? » , asked to the cat                                 
                                                                                                 
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   THE RAIN                                                                                      
                                                                                                 
     '    one tongue-click        :    two quick clicks        |    a palm-tap on the knee       
                                                                                                 
     clicks fall like rain ── the more of them stacked in a column ,                             
     the harder it is raining just there .                                                       
                                                                                                 
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   TIME , BREATH , SILENCE                                                                       
                                                                                                 
     ──▶       read left to right , at walking pace ; one leaf lasts about two minutes           
     breath    where the tide-row rises , breathe in silently ;                                  
               where it falls , let it out as a voiced sigh                                      
     (.)       the long blink ── hold the sound while you close your eyes , then open them slowly
                                                                                                 
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     │ cat  │  the attend box ── stop . look at the cat . copy the last sound it made .          
     └──────┘  an empty box means copy its absence .                                             
                                                                                                 
     blank paper is silence . cross it faithfully , making nothing .                             
     ( words in round brackets are whispered to yourself , never aloud . )                       
                                                                                                 
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