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What is something other people seem to grasp easily that eludes you? (lemmy.world)
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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?"

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[–] 3 points 2 days ago

we may not see it as particularly intense because that’s a normal reaction in our experience

I'd never thought about it that way but that would make a lot of sense, thank you.

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