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Poll Question: What is your favorite time signature of these listed?
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    Posted: April 11 2007 at 03:23
Well, since prog uses a lot of unusual time signatures, and there are a lot of musically-literate people here, I thought I'd take a poll to see what everyone's favorite time signature is, at least off of this list.

Obviously, I can't include every single one, but if there's one or two that's popular but not on the list, I'll add it.

For me, it's 13/8.

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Edit: MikeEnRegalia, good point below.  Elektrik by King Crimson is partially in 13/8.  10/8 would be a close second, due to Tarkus and Larks' Tongues Part 2.


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Points: 21022 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 03:26
^ why don't you also give some examples - songs which use your favorite time signature?

I'll post mine later!Smile
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Points: 7606 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 03:31
call me mad but I love three beats to the bar in rock, I picked 3/4 for simplicity's sake. a lot of the time I hear a band doing something in 7/8 that would sound better in a more sane signature or meter anyway ;P
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Solsbury hill in 7/4
only because I can play the damn thing.


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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Solsbury hill in 7/4
only because I can play the damn thing.
 
What you can play Moths and you know it...
 
Quintuple meter, 5/4, let's go Living in the Past!
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Points: 16310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 03:49
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Solsbury hill in 7/4
only because I can play the damn thing.
 
What you can play Moths and you know it...
 
Quintuple meter, 5/4, let's go Living in the Past!
Ooh forgot about that oneLOL
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Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

Originally posted by king of Siam king of Siam wrote:

Solsbury hill in 7/4
only because I can play the damn thing.
 
What you can play Moths and you know it...
 
Quintuple meter, 5/4, let's go Living in the Past!
Ooh forgot about that oneLOL
Forgot about Living in the Past, or the Great Solsbury Moths conspiracy, or the fact that I can link Tull to anything?
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All of the aboveLOL.
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Right answer.
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I vote for 7/4, although I don't really have a favorite signature ... it's good if it makes sense in the context of the song.

Examples for 7/4 songs that I love:

- Pink Floyd - Money
- Steve Vai - Die to Live
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Nothin' wrong with a good ol' 4/4.
 
7/8 is pretty great too.
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Who needs 'em? Tongue
Just drone on and make some tones and feedback.  That's the best kind of music!

Sometimes I love a tight 7/8 though.  See NIN's 'March of the Pigs' for a great example.
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Points: 8368 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 17:15
7/4, totally. It swings and it's subtle enough that you're often not sure what's going one.

Love to Love You by Caravan is a good example.

Edited by thellama73 - April 11 2007 at 17:17
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65/16!!!
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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 20:45
I find seven to be the most natural besides the obvious 3 or 4, but my favorite really weird ones are 13 (like the Faust song known as Psalter (on 71 minutes), Lauft.....(on the original Faust IV), and Giggy Smile (on crappy Faust IV remasters)), and 19 (used by Henry Cow in the verse of Beautiful As The Moon; Terrible as an army with banners).  

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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 22:26
Originally posted by Sasquamo Sasquamo wrote:

4/4


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Points: 1991 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 22:27
Why should it matter? value more the substance than the form. There can be amazing 4/4 music as there is horrible 11/4 music.
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I was JOKING.

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Points: 17493 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2007 at 23:19
Of course 4/4... It may be the vulgar, common time signature, but some of the greatest music in the world has been on that signature. I'm not particularly fon of 3/4 but less so of regular blues time.. what's that, 6/8? I have problem with triple times when they are slow...
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