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	'''Time Complexity Bias (TCB)''' is an occurrence where the composer overengineers the "complex" time signature(s) of a piece, when it just ends up being '''equivalent to a much simpler time signature'''. In plain english, you could explain it as '''"the song''' is supposed to be '''complex,''' but it actually '''isn't"'''. It is the opposite of [[Extreme Musical Reductionism\|extreme musical reductionism]] and people who find themselves in such situations could be considered [[Clud\|Cluds]] (Complexity Larping Chuds).<blockquote><big>''“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Also fizz is pretty cool btw”''</big>		'''Time Complexity Bias (TCB)''' is an occurrence where the composer overengineers the "complex" time signature(s) of a piece, when it just ends up being '''equivalent to a much simpler time signature'''. In plain english, you could explain it as '''"the song''' is supposed to be '''complex,''' but it actually '''isn't"'''. It is the opposite of [[Extreme Musical Reductionism\|extreme musical reductionism]] and people who find themselves in such situations could be considered [[Clud\|Cluds]] (Complexity Larping Chuds).<blockquote><big>''“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Also fizz is pretty cool btw”''</big>

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	There is a video of a guitar player describing how proud he was of his 7 + 5 riff, until his teacher or someone told him it's just in 6/8. I would've included a link if i could find it.		There is a video of a guitar player describing how proud he was of his 7 + 5 riff, until his teacher or someone told him it's just in 6/8. I would've included a link if i could find it.

	== Similar Phenomenons ==		= Similar Phenomenons =

	=== MCB ===		=== MCB ===

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'''Time Complexity Bias (TCB)''' is an occurrence where the composer overengineers the "complex" time signature(s) of a piece, when it just ends up being '''equivalent to a much simpler time signature'''. In plain english, you could explain it as '''"the song''' is supposed to be '''complex,''' but it actually '''isn't"'''. It is the opposite of [[Extreme Musical Reductionism|extreme musical reductionism]] and people who find themselves in such situations could be considered [[Clud|Cluds]] (Complexity Larping Chuds).<blockquote><big>''“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Also fizz is pretty cool btw”''</big>

- Confucius ''<sub><small>might've said some of this</small></sub>''</blockquote>

= Examples =
The song [https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKQv6P35Iw System by Brotherly] sounds pretty complex at first, but eventually you realize it's simply 6/8. Because Brotherly knew very well what they were doing with all the syncopation, this is actually a case of '''TCB on the side of the listener''' as we are the ones hallucinating the absent complexity.

There is a video of a guitar player describing how proud he was of his 7 + 5 riff, until his teacher or someone told him it's just in 6/8. I would've included a link if i could find it.

== Similar Phenomenons ==

=== MCB ===
Musical Complexity Bias is what all Cluds have and what makes them all Cluds. Time Complexity Bias is a branch of MCB.

=== [[Extreme Musical Reductionism|EMR]] ===
One technically wouldn't be wrong to say that every time signature can be simplified to 1/2048 time, in the worst case, with a few [[tuplets]] or demisemihemidemisemihemidemisemihemidemi(...)quavers. This is actually a different phenomenon (mentioned earlier) called extreme musical reductionism. You could also associate it with the Occam's Razor fallacy.

=== [[Everything Is In 4/4 Theory|Everything is in 4/4]] ===
What doesn't have as much to do together with the Time Complexity Bias is the [[Everything Is In 4/4 Theory|everything is in 4/4 if you count long enough theory]], even though these two can easily be confused. TCB is about the sum of the values of measures, converting it to 1 measure with a single time signature and simplifying it by dividing the numerator and denominator by the same number. The Everything is in 4/4 theory however just goes on to ignore the intended measure length and just counts everything in the simplest way to count (yet the stupidest way to interpret the actual intentions of the musician). This theory technically falls under extreme musical reductionism.
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