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Like others I have a filled grid, but the veiled hints provided for the end game are too veiled for this old codger I infer that "noted" is to be interpreted in a subtle way, and that as both reveals from the special letters are delivered in a non-spoken way that seems to be where Ifor is pointing me. But that's where the brick wall appears. If a gentle loosing of a brick or two were possible ... ?

Cockie, I hope this helps without giving too much away:

The seven letters that represent (normally combined with five lines) the non-spoken way of reciting the piece whose title is given by the moving letters in the Across clues, can be followed across the grid in two passes. The non-spoken piece has 24 such representative letters, and the position of each letter corresponds to its pitch.

Thanks, pentlandsound. it's made much easier to see if you have 1A correct!

Thanks drxx, my hunch that the theme could be 'annotated'in 2-letter terms wasn't too far off but all clear now.

If i've highlighted cells correctly i have 4,3,3,3,4,3 but can't fit in the last 4??

D-G-E-C Xwordfan

Yes i have that but i cant see that sequence in my grid unless they are not in a str line ?

They won't be in a straight line. You're looking at letter 5 of 31 down, letter 3 of 38 across, letter 4 of 33 down and letter 4 of 50 across.

Thanks loge ...that's what i have ...i think i'm trying to confuse myself now!! Time for bed!

Can anyone help with the parsing of 25a - Won by holding highest note

If I have the words that the extra letters spell correct then an N needs to be dropped from either "won" or "note". The problem is I have BELA? which looks like it must be "belay" but how does that match a definition of "wo" or "ote"?

I must have wrong somewhere but I can't see where?