Comment on Metal genres

• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why though!?

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s just easy and intuitive. It’s a steady beat, and then you halve the intervals and halve those again.

    Triplets are also quite common.

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Right but like… It’s not good.

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      • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I mean I understand you might prefer other rhythms but now you’re just being edgy :D

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because 4/4 = 1

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• outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But what’s appealing about it? What’s to like!?

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  • Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, 4/4 is definitely the easiest to dance to. It’s also the easiest to ignore in lieu of whatever else is going on musically. It appeals to the lowest common denominator. Not that 4/4 has to be boring or predictable.

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So its there because its barely music, and in the western nusical tradition it’s very popular. Cool. Love that. Why would i listen to anuthibg else.

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  • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    predictability

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So being boring?

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      • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Not really. Whether or not a piece of music is boring has very little to do with the time signature.

        It’s more like a framework.

        Perhaps it’s also boring that most paintings are done on rectangular canvases, but I don’t think a painting necessarily gets particularly more interesting by being done on an oddly shaped canvas.

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      • PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Predictability can be important in music, depending on what you’re doing. If the audience can’t follow your rhythm, they won’t enjoy the music. I assume you’re a different audience, that’s fine too.

        Having a boring rhythm doesn’t mean the rest of the music has to be boring :)

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