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[–] 41 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

The Mission Impossible theme, you know, the "Dun! Dun! DADA! Dun! Dun! Duhduh!" one, written in 5/4 time? That's supposed to spell MI for Mission: Impossible, in Morse code. --.. dash dash dot dot, MI. The first two notes are dotted quarter notes, 1.5 beats each for a total of 3 beats, then two quarter notes for each dot, total of 2 beats, grand total of 5 beats per measure. 5/4 time.

FIND A PRACTICAL USE FOR THAT SHIT.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    Hey! Same for Rush's YYZ. The morse code for Y-Y-Z (the airport code for the Toronto airport where the band no doubt spent a lot of time) is --.- --.- --.. which is a rhythmic motif that appears a bunch in the song in some ungodly meter I don't care to look up right now.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So, I don't know if it did it on your end, the reason why I put my morse code in a code block is it expanded the two dots into three. Don't know if it does it on all UIs but on my end it made your Z into dash dash dot dot dot.

    He says, as if it matters.

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