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Points: 13382 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 11:43
For Mother I counted 5/4, 4/4, 3/4, 6/4 and 6/8 in total. 

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Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

 just saying 
"Mother" is a song by Pink Floyd.[1] It appeared on The Wall album in 1979.[2] The song is notable for its varied use of time signatures.[3]

but you said

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Mother is in 5/4 though just saying

which it isn't
but i say many strange things, just through out one number, i knew it was an odd timer but i did no which but i was wrong but i see no fault in being wrong
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Points: 635 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 13:47
Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

though sometimes not what i would call prog, Budgie had a knack for such  things


Yes you are right Doug! and talking of odd time signatures, how about my fave band, this is what you call odd time, 4/4 it ain't! LOL

http://www.youtube.com/user/clarkpegasus4001#p/f/38/X11dagduA0A

PS: I don't care if anyone else on here don't like this album......I love it! Cool Cool Cool LOL
Tony C


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Points: 34055 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2012 at 16:05
Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

 just saying 
"Mother" is a song by Pink Floyd.[1] It appeared on The Wall album in 1979.[2] The song is notable for its varied use of time signatures.[3]

but you said

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Mother is in 5/4 though just saying

which it isn't
but i say many strange things, just through out one number, i knew it was an odd timer but i did no which but i was wrong but i see no fault in being wrong
erryone makes mistakes Smile Now comere and gimme a hug you
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Points: 415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2012 at 22:35
my fav great pieces with 'off' rhythm signatures i.e. cant figure out how in hell they play that:

King Crimson - Frame By Frame
Tortoise - Glass Museum / Charteroak Foundation / It's All Around you
Isotope 217 - Beneath the Undertow
Toe 2000 - Ball
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 06:56
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i loved it... whats it from? prog? /Man thats some crazy time sig changes there - in the mid section its 7.4.7.4.7.4.7.4.7.4. 3/3/3/4/6/3/3/3/6/8/ 2/3/3/3/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/3/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/3/ then i gave up!
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 06:57
One I heard today with very strong odd time sig changes is:

Discipline To Shatter All Accord album cover
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 07:00
This also is odd











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Anyone remember Dick Clark's Bandstand?  I used to find it hilarious when after playing some new single he'd ask some of the dancers to rate the song:  " I give it a 5 for the beat, Dick".  Wonder what they'd make of some of the songs listed here.
http://martinwebb.bandcamp.com

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Points: 34055 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 08:21
to Toto Tracks i no have some odd timing 
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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 08:47

May favorite odd meter songs are ones that the measure lines just start to dissolve. "Mother" is like that. It's not necessarily structured, intentional odd time, more of a free time (not free tempo) feel. The beginning of "Firth of Fifth" is the one I quote. No one in their right mind thinks of that in terms of its time signature, more the feel of the groups of 2s 3s and 4s.
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her are some other songs that are fun to count
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Originally posted by AtomicCrimsonRush AtomicCrimsonRush wrote:

Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:



i loved it... whats it from? prog? /Man thats some crazy time sig changes there - in the mid section its 7.4.7.4.7.4.7.4.7.4. 3/3/3/4/6/3/3/3/6/8/ 2/3/3/3/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/3/ 6/6/8/ 6/6/3/ then i gave up!

It is from the movie "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" (literally "Your head is a sleeping car" after a line from one of the songs of the band: "head a parked car, sleep in the seat". the band is the band of guitar and oud player Roman Bunka of Embryo, with Gerald Luciano Hartwig on bass guitar and sitar and the late Freddy Setz on drums, percussion and keyboards. this is the line-up of the first solo album of Roman Bunka, which is excellent. that song appears on the album too. and yes, I give up counting after a while too


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Points: 10387 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 06 2012 at 20:47
but some people don't seem to mind about the crazy time signatures - they dance!!


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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 15:49
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

but some people don't seem to mind about the crazy time signatures - they dance!!

Dance to prog! Yes!

Found some more


 
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Points: 502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 15:57
Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

but some people don't seem to mind about the crazy time signatures - they dance!!
Some people even claps (obviously in 4/4 LOL) at prog concerts... what a crap...
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Points: 64 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 07 2012 at 19:37
Forget odd meters, how about mixed tempos & meters at the same time? This is something I do in my music all the time - I came upon it organically, but it was popularized - and rediscovered in the 20th century by composer Elliot Carter. Called metric modulation

Only example I've heard in top 40 music in last 15 years: Soundgarden's Pretty Noose - at around 1:05
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Points: 918 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 08 2012 at 13:57
This one may just take the cake as far as odd time signatures go.
 
Also, even though it's not really prog, nearly every song on Soundgarden's Superunknown contains either 6/4, 7/4, or 10/4, and it was a rather large mainstream success.
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Points: 1266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2012 at 17:12
I Love odd time signatures. 
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