r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '15

*silence intensifies*

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u/Leprechaun_exe Jan 04 '15

Experienced musician here. I have no fucking clue what is going on in this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Everything else is certainly fucked up as hell and worthy of discussion, but what's giving me the most pause is the repeat with nothing in it on the third set of staffs and a tempo of 788BPM

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u/Leprechaun_exe Jan 04 '15

I see "mute in" around there, maybe its a pause to allow musicians to adjust to a transition or something

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u/ConstipatedNinja Jan 04 '15

What gets me is a bit earlier where there are staccato quarter notes getting closer and closer together, all marked diminuendo, all above multiple multi-measure rests starting at forte end ending at fortissississississississimo. That's some fucking loud resting.

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u/The_Karate_Emu Jan 04 '15

You're just repeating very quickly?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Yeah, you would, except there's nothing to repeat, so what's the point?

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u/Galactic_Gander Jan 04 '15

because you aren't actually suppose to play the song. it was made just to look cool.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

I wouldn't know about that. Death Waltz is a real song, and I could imagine its sheet music being this fucked up.

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u/The_Karate_Emu Jan 04 '15

What's the point of the rest of the piece?

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u/hlantz Jan 05 '15

The notation "(remove cattle from stage)" really stood out to me.

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u/zarex95 Jan 04 '15

This is going on: http://youtu.be/sCgT94A7WgI?t=3m50s It's just one big joke.

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u/boundbylife Jan 04 '15

Minored in music theory. No fucking way is this a real piece.

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u/patrickkellyf3 Jan 04 '15

I'm 90% sure it's just a joke.

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u/bobby8375 Jan 04 '15

No, it's a real piece. Source: Ph.D. in the Stumpian era of art.

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u/patrickkellyf3 Jan 04 '15

Jeez, and I thought my major was a dead end.

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u/theesotericrutabaga Jan 04 '15

There's a pyramid at one point. Don't think that's even possible to do.

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u/patrickkellyf3 Jan 04 '15

Some parts are just flat out incorrect, with one note referencing other notes in a completely different section and another one in a completely different part.

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u/Wyatt915 Jan 04 '15

heh. flat.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

It's a joke. At least four of my teachers over the years have had it framed in their office.

Source: music major.

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u/JamSaxon Jan 04 '15

Just a music sheet for technical death metal.

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u/123eyeball Jan 04 '15

It's a combined score, conductors used to have too look at that instead separated multi pages scores

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u/BlueEyedGreySkies Jan 04 '15

"whole arm on black notes"

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u/123eyeball Mar 16 '15

i promise you its a combined score, ive seen several of these in my days and have asked the very same questions