Dark Side of the Horse by Samson for February 17, 2015

What am I missing here?

I’ve never seen sheet music with a dollar sign for a clef note. But it must work…

while to get it. I am musically declined so it took me a

subtle

And the ‘cents’ note in the second frame is very similar to the traditional bass clef mark “C:”, so perhaps part of the joke is the transition from treble clef to alternate form of bass clef to plain dollar-sign?

So in Norway, does this comic use the Euro symbol? Nope. But then, Norway is not part of the EU. Still, this joke could be used again for a “Wealthy Musicians of the World” theme.

See, I told yah….Money DOES buy happiness!

Today’s background music: “Money (That’s What I Want)” by Barrett Strong.

Or maybe he’s being paid not to play.

The key to success

What I’m scratching my head about is what’s in the hat. I suppose the brown paper is sort of greenish so it could be dollars (-but it’s in the ¢ frame). But what on earth is that puffy white stuff supposed to be? Looks like cotton in the hat but the spilled bits look like feathers.

The cent sign in panel 2 can be read as a “cut time” time signature, equivalent, usually, to a time signature of 2/2. It’s only when you realize what’s happened to the hat in each of the panels that you can take the cut time signature as a cents sign.

Some music uses a similar “c” symbol as a time signature to indicate 4 beats to a measure. I know this, therefore I laughed. But I bet Horace would make more money if his guitar was plugged in.

I would think Horace’s marefriend would do better at this.

^^^Because who better at a good melody than Melody? ::cheesy grin::

Also, he’s playing an electric bass guitar, unamplified. Would you pay to not hear that?

Let me put in my 2 cents; 1. sent 2. scent.