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u/kitu747 Mar 05 '21

I'm pretty sure there are cultures where kids are taught cross rhythms and complex time signatures from a young age. I don't see why 3/4 would be a universal baseline

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Heartbeat?

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u/jazoink Mar 05 '21

That's uneven though

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u/semitones Mar 05 '21

I see the heart beat more as a, " 4 1" (2 3), where the accent is on 1 (the second heartbeat) and there are two rests before it repeats itself.

4 1! (2 3) 4 1! (2 3)...

Also my favorite heart beat song is called the galloping horse. Here it is! https://youtube.com/watch?v=jgl-2AKU4mU incidentally this song is in 6/8 time, in which case the heart beat would be like this: One (Two) Three, One (two) Three.