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Music with odd or multiple time signatures
Earlier today I realized that a good deal of the music I like has really odd timing, and in particular multiple time signatures.
I think I like it because it always feels like the music is just about to get away from you.
A few examples:
Mr. Gnome - House of Circles
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
The National - Fake Empire
Regency Buck - At The Disco
Faith No More - Everything's Ruined
Anyone else have music they like with weird timing?
I think I like it because it always feels like the music is just about to get away from you.
A few examples:
Mr. Gnome - House of Circles
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
The National - Fake Empire
Regency Buck - At The Disco
Faith No More - Everything's Ruined
Anyone else have music they like with weird timing?
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The time signature is all over the place from line to line and verse to verse...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTji474PSrM
The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun
The middle eight instrumental solo line has (I think) four different time signatures in four consecutive bars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxzEeKfpyIg
I know of several songs in 5/4 time, and The Impossible Dream is in 9/8 time...
Not all of it is!
When I saw this thread title is instantly thought - 'Introducing Palace Players' by Mew. But you'd already got there first
Most of the bansd I likten to use odd time signatures. Tool, Dream Theater, TesseracT, Enochian Theory, Diagonal, etc all use some very strange ones!
There are plenty of examples here: List of musical works in unusual time signatures, Dream Theater are listed several times!
5/4 time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs
Not sure what the time signature is there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AAkghiOJ0o
Not sure about the intro, but the drumming seems to be mostly in 4/4 with the occasional odd bar in the mix.
I think you'll find it's 7/4 time!
the main song is 4/4, it's only the middle bit that goes into 6/8, which isn't that dissimilar to Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, She Said She Said which both all mix 4/4 with 3/4, and Good Morning Good Morning, which mixes 5/4 with 4/4...
EDIT: Just found this interesting site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_musical_works_in_unusual_time_signatures
That says some transcriptions of Happiness Is A Warm Guin has part of it in an unusual time signature but doesn't elaborate...(look under 'Partially in 9/8, 9/4, or 9/2')
I believe the mid section is straight 4/4.
The famous bit is in some weird time signature.
Or, according to that link I gave, it's in 13/4 time
try and keep up
I did...now I have a sore head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHAJHdvBhdM
Partially 21/16 according to Wiki.
I just love the track