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SteveG 
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 Posted: October 20 2014 at 09:57 |
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Prog_Traveller
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Posted: October 19 2014 at 22:38 |
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Not sure about odd time signatures but they did some pretty prog sounding stuff imo including some things from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
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rogerthat
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 23:52 |
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^^^ Yup. That, and also the intro to Master of Insanity is kind of jazzy. But that's it.
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 21:40 |
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Sabbath never really did odd-times sigs, though the intro to Computer God has some 7/8 riff at the start.
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SteveG
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:16 |
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13/16, 7/8, 11/16. What was the question again?
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: October 18 2014 at 19:02 |
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Always thought Cornucopia had some strange rhythm.....
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 19:19 |
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I drummed along to the songs in my head and your explanation makes sense. Thanks.
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 18:47 |
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As far as I can remember, all three tunes are in 4/4 (although "Cornucopia" is mostly a shuffle, and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" goes into a shuffle-like groove towards the end as well). There are a couple of syncopated beats here and there, possibly hinting at the blues/jazz connection you mentioned.
"Planet Caravan" is probably the closest thing to "jazz" that Sabbath ever recorded, though. They did make humble, but honest efforts to experiment in their early years.
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: October 13 2014 at 17:46 |
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I've read that Black Sabbath started out as a blues and jazz band and those elements kind of leaked into some of their songs. I've been trying out figure out the time signature for three of their songs - "The Wizard", "Cornucopia" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". Any idea what they are?
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