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Jazz hands (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The third sentence makes it clear it's fake

Geiger counters aren't rhythmic, they're random
How would the audience know the beat matches the counter?
Random music doesn't sound good, the audience would be more excited for good music

Disappointed in the people who believed this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well... This is jazz... I'm skeptic as well, but what if it was some sort of experimental modern jazz where the musicians would try to predict the next click?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can't predict the next click, that's what random means. This would never have gotten far enough to appear in front of an audience. They would have tried it at rehearsal and realised it was impossible.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It does have a rate though. Each click is random, but overall they're at a predictable rate. Still, it wouldn't be useful for music really. I could see someone trying to make it happen though. I've heard of dumber things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Well in that case all you've done is reinvent tempo but worse. Unless you vary the rate on the fly, which requires moving the counter and/or radioactive material on the fly. And then all you've done is create a very bad musical instrument.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It would be Musical Roulette essentially

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Geiger counter can be pre recorded, creating the illusion it was life, yet allowing the composition to be crafted around it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

And even if it worked, you wouldn't need a radiation source more dangerous than a banana to make a geiger counter go click enough to play along.