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Subject: Re: [OT] Chechnya bans music that is too fast or too slow
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:48:25 -0400
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On Mon, 15 Apr 2024 06:14:41 +0000
BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

> On Apr 14, 2024 at 7:27:23 PM PDT, "shawn"
> <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:05:33 -0400, Rhino
> > <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> >   
> >> In one of the weirder cultural laws I've ever heard of, the
> >> government of Chechnya (which is a region of Russia, not a
> >> separate country) has legislated that the tempo of all music
> >> played in the country must be in the range of 80 to 116 beats per
> >> minute.
> >> 
> >> Adam Neely points out why this is decidedly "problematic":
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q811R6YsM0s [10 minutes]  
> > 
> > Yeah, I remember hearing about this back a few weeks. As I recall
> > even the national anthem doesn't fit with this new standard.  
> 
> What if you just cut the time signature from 4/4 to 2/2, and the cuts
> the BPM in half, too.
> 
> Would it be a defense in court to say, "No, your honor, the state is
> lying. They're claiming I was rocking out to Tschaikowsky's 4th
> Symphony at 180 BPM but the half note had the beat, so it was really
> only 90 BPM!"
> 
> 

That is the essence of many of Neely's observations about this bizarre
new rule. He even enlists a Canadian music professor in the discussion
to get an expert opinion.


-- 
Rhino