Do any of you guys write in compound time?
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DisinterestedHandjob
Unimpressed.
If there is such a thing as a favourite time signature I think I might tend towards 7/4 as being most pleasant to my ears.
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
btw, what is the time signature on the verse of Master of Puppets, because the super odd break makes it something other than 4/4, it's like 7.5/8 hits after two rounds, so 15/16?
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Both are absolutely correct. But you're confusing us by using quarter notes in the 3/4 example and eight notes in the 6/8 example.
Nothing Else Matters is 6/8 all the way through, except a 3/8 bar here and there.
Everyone (even more) confused by this thread should read this: http://www.musictheory.net/lessons/15
It'll explain compound and simple metering in a far more pedagogical way than we seem to be able to do.
RE: Master of Puppets there's some controversy around that fill, 5/8, 11/16, 6/8 are all pretty common and 11/16 as the most common one. But that one feels weird though doesn't it? Metallica aren't exactly known for playing crazy shit like that...
Yep, it's definitely 6/8 if you follow the drums with a few 3/8 bars here and there.
OT, if you want to hear something different to most, try this:
9/8 for most of the start, 6/4 with a 4/4 polyrhythm feel during the solo and a 6/4 over 9/8 polymeter in the bridge just after the solo. Cool shit!
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ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
Anyone know what the time signature is on this? I get really confused by it every time.
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Arsenu,
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never liked using odd time sigs.
there's a good reason why most modern music is written in 4/4.
your mind anticipates a change after the 4th beat, it's natural.
read it in a couple of psycoacoustic-shit books, anyway it just sounds "right"
and i don't like going against what naturally sounds good.
that being said, i love inserting an extra beat or 2 to a break to confuse the ear a little, but almost never half a beat.
it's possible to keep your groove going with odd time sigs. but 99% of the time it just get's the crowd out of rythem.
that being said, Lamb Of God VIGIL ends with 11/8 and it's fucking amazing!
there's a good reason why most modern music is written in 4/4.
your mind anticipates a change after the 4th beat, it's natural.
read it in a couple of psycoacoustic-shit books, anyway it just sounds "right"
and i don't like going against what naturally sounds good.
that being said, i love inserting an extra beat or 2 to a break to confuse the ear a little, but almost never half a beat.
it's possible to keep your groove going with odd time sigs. but 99% of the time it just get's the crowd out of rythem.
that being said, Lamb Of God VIGIL ends with 11/8 and it's fucking amazing!
I know that, but the groupings are still super cool.
Heres one that is one measure of 3/16, 5/16, 7/16, 9/16, 11/16, and 13/16 that add up to 3 measures of 4/4.
And this is the most natural sounding 5/4 song I've ever heard
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Apparently it's also just the way music has been composed in our society or areas of the world. I've heard in some areas of the world, 7/8 or something is the standard simply because it's just the sig they got use to and don't know different.
colynomial
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Here's an 11/8 groove I came up with for my band which is really easy to stomach. It's symmetrical which I think helps. Bump ahead 20 seconds to get past the intro build up.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/818500/05%20Break%20The%20Cycle.mp3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/818500/05%20Break%20The%20Cycle.mp3
kernelxsanders
Bam Bam Boogie Bear!
Taurean
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I guess it sounds "normal" because it adds up to 4/4. You can easily count that as 4/4.
