macrae11 wrote:I think it would probably actually make more sense as 19/8, but that's just me.
Cryptowen wrote:5/4 - one of the first "uncommon" signatures I tried. In a lot of cases I treat it sort of like 4/4, with one beat receiving special emphasis or silence (usually the last one). Haven't used it so much lately, but this track from early 2009 does.
Cryptowen wrote:7/4 - another one I've been using a lot lately. Sometimes I treat it like two bars of 4/4 missing a beat, other times I just treat it like 7/4 (if that makes sense). Example
Cryptowen wrote:9.5/4 - just got into this one the last month or so. Probably the weirdest signature I've used so far. Someone on another forum argued that it should really be referred to as 19/4, but I thought this fit better as the extra bit of space came after every ninth beat. I don't think I've put any examples of this online yet...
Cryptowen wrote:11/4 - actually I've only done one song like this, & I don't really remember doing it. It was a late night experiment I found one day while cleaning up my scrap folders.
Cryptowen wrote:13/8 - So far I've mostly just used this one on beatless ambient tracks, which I find in general are easier to apply weird sigs to. Example
Cryptowen wrote:So that's me and time signatures. What about you guys? Do you mostly stick to 4/4, or do you mix it up a bit? I'm also curious if different signatures change the way an instrument player plays a song.
Malcolm Boyce wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNI47CaYpc
Greg H. wrote:I would really enjoy hearing the song in 19/4. I've never heard of someone doing that.
This track from Ben Folds is pretty straightforward but I just enjoy it so I'll post it anyways http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrQ1caTOGvg
I think it would probably actually make more sense as 19/8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNI47CaYpc
I like this one a lot
metric modulation
Vinnie's ability to make it groove like 4/4 is pretty slick.
Malcolm Boyce wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqNI47CaYpc
I always heard it as 7/8 10/8... repeat.macrae11 wrote:As a side bar to this thread, how would our rhythm gurus here measure out the intro to Changes. My brain wants to feel it as 3 bars of 4/8 then a bar of 2/8, with every other bar swung. I know this doesn't really make sense though, as it also requires an 80BPM tempo change every other bar, to make it fit.
I can think of a few other ways to subdivide this, that are a bit smoother, but they don't fit the groove in my brain. How would you chart it out?
Malcolm Boyce wrote:I always heard it as 7/8 10/8... repeat.macrae11 wrote:As a side bar to this thread, how would our rhythm gurus here measure out the intro to Changes. My brain wants to feel it as 3 bars of 4/8 then a bar of 2/8, with every other bar swung. I know this doesn't really make sense though, as it also requires an 80BPM tempo change every other bar, to make it fit.
I can think of a few other ways to subdivide this, that are a bit smoother, but they don't fit the groove in my brain. How would you chart it out?
Malcolm Boyce wrote:I always heard it as 7/8 10/8... repeat.
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