God damn I sent this off list by accident...
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quoted 21 lines From: Muffin <muffin@signmytits.com>> From: Muffin <muffin@signmytits.com>
> Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 22:54:52 +0100
> Subject: Re: [idm] Music
>
> on 10/10/02 10:50 pm the person going by the name Thomas Millar at
> tmillar@comcast.net spake :
>
>> 1. On BPM, as Long brought up: Speed is actually REALLY relative. The
>> infamous Chinese Opera is nothing compared to Korean folksongs. Korean
>> folksongs are usually played in 3/4 time, and Korean moderato or midtempo is
>> not based on heartbeat but on the speed of _relaxed breathing_. Thus it
>> sounds almost completely beatless even though most of the instruments used
>> in accompaniment are played percussively. Really amazing stuff, most
>> westerners come away actually nauseated.
>>
>> I'd also like to point out that 133 is actually pretty slow for punk
>> rockers.
>
> I've got a tape of Sri Lankan drums somewhere which is just insane, as it's
> not got any regular key signature. Are there other forms of music where this
> is common?
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