I can’t wait for the day when i can actually answer this question

If I found this sheet by chance on the internet, I swear I would think it's a joke... Do you know of any accesible recording of this 'piece'? That would help my incredulous eyes!

PS. I think it would fit perfectly in Memes Space.

@Steve Vera 😅 Not much of a big deal really! Knowing about meter and note values it's all it takes!

@Cuantas Vacas There are countless recordings over there! Let's see if I can post a YouTube video here. Its from 16'47 onwards:



I tried to cue where this excerpt starts. If you can't believe in your eyes, expect about your ears... It was written between 1820 and 1822 and, yeah... Ludwig got jazzy.

It's truly in 36/64; the 12/32 is implying unmarked triplets!! :)

OMG this is a ragtime, probably the first one in music history, LOL!! Now seriously: I can see and hear (thanks for the video, @igor dinotte ) that 'swingy', triplet feel, but I simply can't fit any bar into a 12/32, whatever that means in this particular case. And what's more: most bars (I took the 1st one on the page displayed at around 29:30 of the vid) have a different duration for right and left hands (!), no matter how many times I count them... Could anyone tell me what am I doing wrong?

Thanks! You just made me more confused! 😅

You're welcome. But remember who posted the 'music sheet from hell' that is destroying lives...😁

I know when composers pick a time signature they are trying to tell the performer something. So if there is an easier option and you don't pick it as a composer, you have a very specific reason. Maybe Beethoven was thinking about this piece as an Etude as well? Or maybe he intentionally wanted players to have a hard time and make the player not play the rhythm exactly as written but with mistakes to make it sound more free? Who knows, the guy was probably also a bit insane by the end lol

There seems to be a consensus about how to play it, I believe... At least all interpretations are consistently equal regarding to this passage's rythm. I didn't got what @Echo Rose mentioned about actually being in in 36/64; the 12/32 is implying unmarked triplets! I think I will write it down on that fashion and try to figute it out what it means.

Please keep us updated!

I tried and it didn't made any sense =(. @Echo Rose Help us, please!

the 32's which are followed by a 64'th are 32's triplets - so actually, 1 beat as it were. Like Igor says - there are unmarked triplets

I would much like to see it written on the right way! How can one imply all that?

Are you sure it wasn't written earlier? If it wasn't... well, then it IS an error in your edition. In my scores it's written actually...

Wow, I've never saw that...

I've done a quick research on IMSLP, and on two editions I've found this, but I did'nt find any edition like yours @Azet Aya ! (Didn't look every single one though):