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Post subject: Re: Favorite songs that aren't in 4/4 or 3/4 or 3/8 time
Posted: Thu March 09, 2017 6:38 pm
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:52 pm Posts: 6325
I found this link and it some some good ones on it. Looks like a few from the list are 5/4 and 7/4. They are a few easily recognizable songs like Even Flow, Outshined and 2+2=5.
Post subject: Re: Favorite songs that aren't in 4/4 or 3/4 or 3/8 time
Posted: Thu March 09, 2017 8:37 pm
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32281 Location: Buenos Aires
bodysnatcher wrote:
i have no idea what time signatures are. i can barely keep rhythm with a song by tapping my foot.
It's easy. Here are two very simple examples to understand
You can keep time with this song by counting "one two three four, one two three four, one two three four, one two three four".
That's because the song is in 4/4 time, the most common and natural-sounding time signature (because so many things in our world and bodies work in 4/4 time). 4/4 refers to how many beats are in each measure.
As the title indicates, this song is in 7/4. You can count along as "one two three four five six seven one two three four five six seven one two three four five six seven one two three four five six seven"
and on and on. If you tried to count it as 4/4 like the previous song, you'd quickly find yourself out of sync with the music.
There are many time signatures that are trickier and much harder to keep track of but these are two examples I always find helpful when explaining the concept to people.
Post subject: Re: Favorite songs that aren't in 4/4 or 3/4 or 3/8 time
Posted: Thu March 09, 2017 9:53 pm
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
Ah ok, according to Google, a time signature is an indication of rhythm following a clef, generally expressed as a fraction with the denominator defining the beat as a division of a whole note and the numerator giving the number of beats in each bar. Got it now!
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