It seems to me that time signatures assume a particular model of musical structure that doesn't apply to this score. According to the article, the sequence was looped a little short of a complete measure. So there's no reason to expect a rational time signature.
It's kind of like creating music that repeats every π (pi) beats, and people arguing if the time signature is 25/8 or 22/7. (Actually that might be an interesting piece of music.)
On the latter part, you might want to check out Wikipedia's list of musical works in unusual time signatures[0], which includes:
"[Study] No. 40" for two non-synchronized pianos, version for player piano (punching score) by Conlon Nancarrow contains the mathematical constant e beats of pi.
Along those lines, here's an interesting video of a drummer playing various looping samples of dialogue from movies or TV and finding a bizarre time signature that is a "close enough" fit. http://youtu.be/MHft4OR7Rus
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It seems to me that time signatures assume a particular model of musical structure that doesn't apply to this score. According to the article, the sequence was looped a little short of a complete measure. So there's no reason to expect a rational time signature.
It's kind of like creating music that repeats every π (pi) beats, and people arguing if the time signature is 25/8 or 22/7. (Actually that might be an interesting piece of music.)
On the latter part, you might want to check out Wikipedia's list of musical works in unusual time signatures[0], which includes:
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusua...
Along those lines, here's an interesting video of a drummer playing various looping samples of dialogue from movies or TV and finding a bizarre time signature that is a "close enough" fit. http://youtu.be/MHft4OR7Rus