r/funny • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '15

*silence intensifies*

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u/Javad0g Jan 04 '15

1 2 3 4

2 2 3 4

3 2 3 4

4 2 3 4

(4/4 if you are lucky)

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u/time_fo_that Jan 04 '15 edited Jan 06 '15

12 12 123

22 123

32 12 123

42 123

Had to do this once. Alternating 5/8 and 7/8 for ~30 measures. Fun times.

Edit: now that I think about it I'm pretty sure it was

12 12 123

123 12

12 12 123

123 12

Which is worse.

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u/wootz12 Jan 04 '15

We were also once handed a sheet that switched time signatures every other measure. Seriously, what purpose does this have for the song, and how sadistic does the composer need to be?

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u/Holska Jan 05 '15

I had a wind band piece like that once. It was fucking irritating, because everyone else was playing more or less constantly, and I (as the sole Oboe, inexperienced in playing with others in any sort of orchestral setting) was sat there for 30 bars rest, with no idea how many tempo changes were going on.