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It seems to me that time signatures assume a particular model of musical structure that doesn't apply to this score. According to the article, the sequence was
by kens 13y ago
It seems to me that time signatures assume a particular model of musical structure that doesn't apply to this score. According to the article, the sequence was looped a little short of a complete measure. So there's no reason to expect a rational time signature.
It's kind of like creating music that repeats every π (pi) beats, and people arguing if the time signature is 25/8 or 22/7. (Actually that might be an interesting piece of music.)
- ghayes 13y agoOn the latter part, you might want to check out Wikipedia's list of musical works in unusual time signatures[0], which includes: > "[Study] No. 40" for two non-synchronized pianos, version for player piano (punching score) by Conlon Nancarrow contains the mathematical constant e beats of pi. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusual_time_signatures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusua...
- baddox 13y agoAlong those lines, here's an interesting video of a drummer playing various looping samples of dialogue from movies or TV and finding a bizarre time signature that is a "close enough" fit. http://youtu.be/MHft4OR7Rus http://youtu.be/MHft4OR7Rus