NNN<p>Ever notice that the Happy Birthday song shown in K-dramas ("Saeng il chukka hamnida") is often sung 3-4-3-4-3-4-3-4 beats to the bar? (try conducting while listening! There is an extra beat every other bar)</p><p>I've wondered if this is because the waltz wasn't common.</p><p>Or maybe it's a holdover from some 1940s version that stuck?</p><p>Examples</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLfWGvCn30s&t=02m26s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=YLfWGvCn30</span><span class="invisible">s&t=02m26s</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRdYCuf724" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hHRdYCuf72</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KQsxRDf65Ic" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/KQsxRDf65Ic</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kdrama</span></a></p>