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🗓️🎼 11/2 & 2/11 (Today's Unnecessary Time Signature)

November 2, interpreted as completely unnecessary musical notation

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November 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🗓️🎼 11/1 & 1/11 (Today's Unnecessary Time Signature)

November 1, interpreted as completely unnecessary musical notation

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November 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
10/31 🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“31st note” = 31:16 16th note tuplet

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October 31, 2026 at 1:03 PM
🗓️🎼 11/3 & 3/11 (Today's Unnecessary Time Signature)

11/3: 11 third notes per bar.

“3rd note” = 1/3 of a whole note = half-note triplet
“11th note” = 1/11 of a whole note = 11:8 eighth-note tuplet

Tuplets/brackets normally implied; shown here for explanation.

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November 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 28)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“28th note” = 7:4 16th note tuplet

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October 28, 2026 at 1:05 PM
10/30 🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“30th note” = 15:8 16th note tuplet

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October 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 27)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“27th note” = 27:16 16th note tuplet

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October 27, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 29)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“29th note” = 29:16 16th note tuplet

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October 29, 2026 at 1:05 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 26)

“10th note” = 1/10th of a whole note = 8th note quintuplet
“26th note” = 1/26th of a whole note = 13:8 16th note tuplet

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October 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 25)

“10th note” = 1/10th of a whole note = 8th note quintuplet
“25th note” = 1/25th of a whole note = 25:16 16th note tuplet

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October 25, 2026 at 1:03 PM
11/56 might be the wackiest time signature I've seen in the wild

Thanks to Justeen Wei Ting Chan Wheatley's research, "Odd Times: The Uses of Odd-Factored Time Signatures in the Works of Thomas Adès and Brian Ferneyhough"

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October 25, 2026 at 4:45 AM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 24)

“10th note” = 1/10th of a whole note = 8th note quintuplet
“24th note” = 1/24th of a whole note = 16th note triplet

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October 24, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 23)

“10th note” = 1/10th of a whole note = 8th note quintuplet
“23rd note” = 1/23rd of a whole note = 23:16 16th note tuplet

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October 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 21)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“21st note” = 21:16 16th note tuplet

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October 21, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 22)

“10th note” = 1/10th of a whole note = 8th note quintuplet
“22nd note” = 1/22nd of a whole note = 11:8 16th note tuplet

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October 22, 2026 at 1:02 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 20)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“20th note” = 16th note quintuplet

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October 20, 2026 at 1:05 PM
👨‍🏫🚘🎼 Mixed Meter & Polymeter (Time Signatures Part 4)

Mixed meter, polymeter, 6/8 versus 3/4, and a little hemiola, because apparently time signatures weren't complicated enough already

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October 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
🗓️🎼 Today’s Unnecessary Time Signature (October 19)

“10th note” = 8th note quintuplet
“19th note” = 19:16 16th note tuplet

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October 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
👨‍🏫🚘🎼 Time Signatures Part 3: Irregular Meter

Irregular meters like 5 and 7, additive meters that mix beats of 2 and 3, and apparently our meters need more fiber

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October 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Here’s a video from Jimlapbap with a demonstration of why subdividing in something other than a factor of two is a massive headache. youtube.com/shorts/eNSM8...
9/5 time signature? #MusicTheory #DollyParton #9To5 #TimeSignature 
YouTube video by jimlapbap
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September 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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And ICYMI Benno also revived #dutchforce last friday with the incredibly fresh sounding, 3/4 rhythm banger "For Those Who Dare"! So which DJ DARES to play this record?? :D #trance #trancefamily #newmusic #unusual #timesignature #edm #edmfamily
OUT NOW: Dutch Force - For Those Whose Dare [September 2026]
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September 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“A trendy birdhouse design for fancy prog-cuckoos. Nice to coo in a 7/13 timesignature in.”
August 30, 2026 at 8:16 PM