i'm practicing a four bar piece. it's simple enough, should be in quick. but these are the timings on the four bars, in succession:

15/16
16/16
20/16
13/16

it might seem hard to count, but, see, the things is that you'll note it adds to 64/16, which equals four "regular" bars of 16/16. i was thinking consciously in those terms at the time, trying to find ways to make the signatures unusual without breaking the four. and it's why it works as a techno tune, despite being all over the place in terms of timings.

i could conceivably re-bar it to 16/16, but it would make the emphasis on the bass notes make no sense. bars aren't really about time signatures (i don't actually ever notate time signatures), they're about splitting up phrases...

so, if you tried to dance to this, you'd be confused, but you wouldn't get lost - you wouldn't know why you're confused.

well, unless you're a musician, then you'd get it.