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brian albers
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Wed, 16 Aug 2000 22:18:14 GMT
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Re: [idm] time signatures
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One thing along these lines which I think is genius is a track like "Ire" from Imminent Starvation's Nord cd. It doesn't stray from 4/4 time and the rhythm part cycles in standard 32 bar phrases, but the melody cylces in something wierd like 10 bar or 15 bar phrases, so when you land on the "one" of the melody, you're midway through some rhytmic figure, and when your kick drum finds "one," the melody isn't finished and the whole thing has to continue until both of the things land on "one" at the same time either naturally or by adding or subtracting some part of that melody or rhythm part. Oliver Moreau is genius.
quoted 13 lines To take the discussion (perhaps) to a different area - I find it>To take the discussion (perhaps) to a different area - I find it >interesting how >difficult it is when making music to escape from the four bar (or multiples >of) >segments that western music seems to be so ingrained into.I mean loops in >particular - chord sequences, beats whatever, sound most natural when >looped in >multiples of 4, and new sections being brought in and out of the mix, and >the >music becomes predictable - you begin to expect something to happen every 4 >bars >and if nothing changes then the groove just gets repetitive. >
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