quoted 9 lines the time signature 6/12 does not exist!>
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>> the time signature 6/12 does not exist!
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>Yes it does- the bottom number simply describes which notes define the
>beat. in 4/4, the quarter note is the beat, in 6/8 the eighth note gets
>the beat, and in 6/12 the eighth note triplet gets the beat. The top
>number is simply the number of beats to the bar.
>
apologies to the list for continuing off-topic here, but I have to
be a geek for a minute. I've been schooled to the point of insanity
in music theory & notation, and read and played hundreds of scores,
including stuff in signatures like 7/2 or 5/4+3/16, but I've never
seen 6/12, at least in standard practice. Just to make sure I wasn't
crazy, i downloaded Finale (a _deep_ notation program) and sure enough
it wasn't in there. But 6/12 does sorta make sense intuitively;
nothing wrong if someone wants to use it...
alright, geek mode off, sorry again, but had to back up my point...
quoted 4 lines And Ian Simmonds' Last States Of Nature has more 6/8 and 3/4 jazz/trip>And Ian Simmonds' Last States Of Nature has more 6/8 and 3/4 jazz/trip
>hop tracks than you can shake a stick at. There's also a track called
>"March Of Osiris" by Elixir on Language that's drum-n-bass in 3/4.
>
these sound interesting... I'll have to keep an eye out for them.
Another track which comes to mind is "Bring Trance Back" from
Burger/Ink's "Las Vegas", which begins in 3/4 but then subtly
layers this with a standard 4/4 beat in the drums. Gives the track
an interesting ambiguity & floating feeling, in a simple way. But
speaking of unusual time signatures, i think many idm producers
could learn some interesting things from Eastern European / Balkans
traditional folk music. The rhythmic patterns in that music are
oftentimes truly astonishing and strange...
-Brian
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Brian Salter
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