For me it’s time signatures in music. I grew up playing instruments, played in several orchestras, etc. But no matter how many times someone tries to explain time signatures to me, it makes no sense. I don’t understand why people place such importance on it. To me, notes have a pitch and a duration, maybe some dynamics. That’s it. I don’t understand why people try to needlessly complicate it. It doesn’t give you anything.
My wife will hear a song and go “Oh neat, it’s in 5/8.” And I’m like “How tf do you know that, and why does it matter?”
Funnily enough I only understand the time signatures partly. 😅. Like, I understand 3/4 and 4/4 and the difference in playing or listening or dancing to it. But, wtf is 6/8? That’s just 3/4 as far as I am concerned.
The emphases are different:
If you denote a full bar in 1/8 notes, in 6/8 the beat goes TAK-a-ta TAK-a-ta, while in 3/4 it’s TAK-a TAK-a TAK-a.
The “TAK-a-ta’s” are both super helpful and oddly reminiscent of Lisa Simpson learning how to dance “Tap-a Tap-a Tap-a!”
I think the X files music was a 6/8. NAH na na na na na, NAH na na na na na, it doesn’t sound like a waltz!
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