Post #2213272
2026-04-25 10:23 UTC
@astory@tilde.zone @alexr@tilde.zone @mrkwlsn@mastodon.social but if there are no time signatures, there are perforce no “odd time signatures” nor technically proficient hair bands nor 20-minute songs about hobbits. What will power me^W future comrades through the day?
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@alexr@tilde.zone 2026-04-25 21:47
@cdrichards@mathstodon.xyz @astory@tilde.zone @mrkwlsn@mastodon.social OK imagine a song. Say it's got 100 measures in it and it's in four so that's 400 beats (so the song is in the neighborhood of 3 or 4 minutes long depending on tempo). I rewrite the sheet music for the song so that it's in 400/4. It is a single measure containing 400 beats. It sounds exactly the same. We could just always do this, even for 20-minute prog masterpieces about hobbits. :3