Won’t work, there is no key indicator.
Those weren’t invented yet. Everyone only knew one note.
I’m hearing the opening of 2001 a Space Odyssey
Also known as “Also sprach Zarathustra” by Riichard Strauss…
Holy anachronism! Is that brass?
My head canon is that it’s all wood, and that’s why it’s just one note
Sousaphone out of wood would be no problem, but cymbals would be very funny.
“clack clack clack”
I was imagining a performance where it builds up to a big climax, like here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cymbal_in_use_-_dusseldorf_germany_-_2014_12_27.webm
But then instead of the big pshhhh, you’ve just got a ………….CLACK. 😄
Idk if I’m missing a layer of the joke but I feel like it should be a whole note
I think he drew an eighth note just because that helps get the joke across easier than a whole note. It’s more instantly recognizable as music, even if you’ve never learned how to read it.
