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3 unusual facts about Time signature


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Time signature, a notational convention used in Western musical notation

Super Mario World

It is slowed down and made to echo in caverns, whereas it moves in a slow, wave-like fashion (in 3/4 or waltz time) in underwater levels; in the athletic theme, it is played quickly and energetically to suit the more risky and lively nature of a level taking place in the air.

Time signature

Music educator Carl Orff proposed replacing the lower number of the time signature with an actual note image, as shown at right.


Andrea Adolfati

Although his music largely followed the fashion of his time, he did compose two tunes with unusual time signatures for his day: an air in 5/4 meter and another in 7/4 meter.


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Caribbean Blue

The song follows a waltz time signature, and mentions the Anemoi (Ancient Greek wind gods): Boreas, Afer Ventus (Africus), Eurus, and Zephyrus.

Leslie Lamport

Lamport signature – The Lamport one-time signature scheme is a method for constructing a digital signature.

The Black Page

Australian drummer Chris Quinlan explained and demonstrated the polyrhythms, nested polyrhythms (quintuplets and sextuplets played within a 3:2 polyrhythm), polymeters (5/4 phrases played over 4/4 time signature) and structure of "The Black Page" on "Melbourne Musos" TV Show, episode 122, aired in 1999 on Australian Community TV station, C31 Melbourne.