Timeline for What was the purpose of the bar count in Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds?
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| Dec 10, 2019 at 16:59 | vote | accept | Joachim | ||
| Sep 15, 2019 at 20:39 | comment | added | PiedPiper | Firstly this would have been recorded on analog tape. The only way to get times is to play it from the beginning with a stopwatch. Secondly musicians don't think in terms of times, they think in terms of bars. | |
| Sep 15, 2019 at 20:14 | comment | added | Joachim | But why count bars then? Wouldn't a timing of the song make a lot more sense and be a lot more precise? | |
| Sep 15, 2019 at 20:12 | comment | added | PiedPiper | An overdub might be intended for bars e.g. 11 to 14. The bar count would make sure it wasn't recorded over bars 21 to 24 which might sound very similar. | |
| Sep 15, 2019 at 20:06 | comment | added | Joachim | How would that work in practice? Is it just to get an idea of around what bar something would have to be edited? | |
| Sep 15, 2019 at 20:03 | history | answered | PiedPiper | CC BY-SA 4.0 |