Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agoBeethoven's 9th Symphonysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down120
arrow-up11.21Karrow-down1imageBeethoven's 9th Symphonysh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squareGobbel2000linkfedilinkarrow-up34·5 months agoThe premise is already wrong. No orchestra can play Beethoven’s 9th symphony in 40 minutes, this piece is longer than an hour.
minus-squareRBG@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoMaybe it’s longer than an hour if only 80 players play it. This is 120!
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoI read that as one hundred twenty factorial. That’s a LOT of players!
minus-squareiopq@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoMore players than atoms in the known universe
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoMore players than you could shake a stick at! …wait, ask the conductor first.
minus-squareg_the_b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·5 months agoCDs were designed to hold 72 minutes of music to accommodate Beethoven’s 9th
minus-squaregnutrinolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoSnopes says this is “undetermined” (also that CDs hold 74 minutes). Honesty pleasently surprised by how plausible it is from the given evidence though, I was expecting this to turn out to be definitively a myth.
minus-squareg_the_b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoYeah, just checked and the Wikipedia says it’s a myth!
minus-squareEffortlessEffluvium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoI prefer a flanger and a 200 ms delay
The premise is already wrong. No orchestra can play Beethoven’s 9th symphony in 40 minutes, this piece is longer than an hour.
Maybe it’s longer than an hour if only 80 players play it. This is 120!
I read that as one hundred twenty factorial. That’s a LOT of players!
More players than atoms in the known universe
More players than you could shake a stick at!
…wait, ask the conductor first.
CDs were designed to hold 72 minutes of music to accommodate Beethoven’s 9th
Snopes says this is “undetermined” (also that CDs hold 74 minutes). Honesty pleasently surprised by how plausible it is from the given evidence though, I was expecting this to turn out to be definitively a myth.
Yeah, just checked and the Wikipedia says it’s a myth!
It also requires a chorus
I prefer a flanger and a 200 ms delay