Tigran Hamasyan’s crazy polymetric time signatures

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Tigran Hamasyan is a Armenian jazz pianist well known for his use of odd and unusual time signatures. Tigran himself has described his track "Entertain Me" from the 2015 album Mockroot as being in a meter of 256 beats per bar! But how does that actually work in practice?! Let's take a closer look at the different layers of complexity in the meter of this amazing piece of music.

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SOURCES:
Tigran Hamasyan, Mockroot, track by track: https://www.nonesuch.com/albums/mockroot
“Entertain Me” drum tab: https://musescore.com/user/32829620/scores/6015759
Arthur Hnatek performing “Entertain Me”: https://youtu.be/6nUJ-Zs0AkM?si=wZgdKJHWJ8f-0JOj
“Entertain Me” piano transcription: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdfOC79Jbks
“Entertain Me” visual analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EidE2ETpCnU&t=45s

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0:00 Introduction
0:22 "Entertain Me" by Tigran Hamasyan
2:08 35/16 time
3:30 5/16 & 3/16 time
4:32 Pianote
5:30 the drum polymeter!
9:29 Conclusion