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Re:John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnesse... by bongodongobob on Thursday April 03, 2025 @01:09PM (#43572631)
Lots of music starts with rests. If the first note isn't on the 1, you'll have rests before it. Not usual at all.
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Re:John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnesse... by feoren on Friday April 04, 2025 @12:20AM (#43578291)
If the first note isn't on the 1, you'll write rests before it, so that the person reading your sheet music understands what's going on. That doesn't mean the music has started yet. The notation is not the music.
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