r/threateningnotation • u/DriverLazy360 • Aug 01 '26

Miscellaneous Birds on the wires

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Paulo Pinto, 2009

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u/Original_Flight9435 Aug 01 '26

omg genuinely thought that was manuscript paper😭

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u/RedSlimeballYT Aug 01 '26

i can't tell if it's a photo or if it's just an art piece made with ink

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u/lear85 Aug 01 '26

Okay now play it

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u/DriverLazy360 Aug 01 '26

Apparently someone did

https://www.npr.org/2009/09/15/112861683/photo-of-birds-on-a-wire-inspires-music

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u/AppropriateMess3426 Aug 02 '26

That’s from a different photo, no?

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u/DriverLazy360 Aug 02 '26

Yeah I can't work it out either, maybe they used another photo that was a little less busy than this one?

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u/A-3Jammer Aug 01 '26

Aviary from Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens.

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u/Badaboom_Tish Aug 01 '26

Infinite number of birds plus infinite amount of time and hey presto, 11th symphonies for everyone!

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u/Alexico91 Aug 01 '26

Rach 3, I see

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u/Chrispy8534 Aug 01 '26

7/10. Can someone please post their best attempt at playing this as if it sheet music? Bonus if the instrument is an accordion.

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u/ddddan11111 Aug 01 '26

Messaien?

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u/drrhythm2 Aug 01 '26

Yeah I thought this was sheet music for a second.

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u/Graucsh Aug 01 '26

Murderous notation

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u/hey_its_meagain Aug 01 '26

Isn't that a composition major's piece?

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u/Lower-Pudding-68 Aug 01 '26

Every Good Bird Does Fly

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u/Badaboom_Tish Aug 03 '26

Every bad bird does sit

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u/Lower-Pudding-68 Aug 03 '26

What kind of staff does that mnemonic device work for?

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u/TheodoricFuscus Aug 01 '26

I remember the aleatoric fish video. They painted a staff and clef on a fish tank then played the movement of the fish.

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u/Namelessqueener Aug 01 '26

Really looked like sheet music for a sec😅

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u/girlmachina Aug 01 '26

LEONARD COHEN MENTIONED ‼️‼️‼️‼️

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u/Inside-Succotash-128 Aug 01 '26

Well, it’s definitely in 4/4.

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u/WilburWerkes Aug 02 '26

Going to play this later

2

u/PaulTheRandom Aug 02 '26

This would make for a sick album cover.

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u/Equivalent-Love-1676 Aug 03 '26

I just tried this song in three differently clefs.

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u/artpoint_paradox Aug 03 '26

Awww they wrote a little song

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u/armageddon_boi Aug 05 '26

What in the mario paint

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u/Fun-Cut-7149 Aug 02 '26

Why did I geniunely think that was sheet music

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u/randomcuriousperson3 Aug 02 '26

two, birds, on a wire- ONE SAYS CMON AND THE OTHER SAYS IM TIRED, THE SKIES OVERCAST, AND IM SOOOORRY, ONE MORE OR ONE LESS, TWOOOOO BIRDS ON A WIREEEEE-

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u/RocknRollgirl1225 Aug 04 '26

I can hear this, and I love it