quoted 4 lines i'd challenge anyone to come up with an example of 'new' music in true
> >i'd challenge anyone to come up with an example of 'new' music in true
> 3/4.
>
> new as in '85? tears for fears' "everybody wants to rule the world" :O)
That song is definitely not in 3/4. It could be 6/8 if anything, but 12/8
feels more correct.
Someone asked how you can tell the difference.
3/4 -- Count at a leisurely tempo, ONE - two - three - ONE - two - three
6/8 -- Faster, but the beats that are emphasized (1 & 4) are at a
similarly comfortable pace as the 1-2-3 above, or probably slower. The
bar(measure) is split in half, each half split into three, like this:
ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six. Maybe you've heard "We Have Joy" by Killing
Joke (*1* & 2 & 3 & *4* - 5 - 6 - ). That's about as 6/8 as it gets.
Counting in threes would be too fast, and each bar divides neatly into
two, quick groups of three beats.
12/8 -- A whole lot like 4/4, except each beat divides into triplets. You
could count ONE-two-three-FOUR-five-six etc. but typically it would be
more natural to think One-and-a- Two-and-a- Three-and-a- Four-and-a (like
the TFF song).
I recently finished _Whistler's Bombardier_. Several tracks use unusual
time signatures (such as 13/4, or switching between 6/4 & 5/4...not in
that flashy Rush way, but rather a bit like traditional African music), as
well as some rhythm without a clear pulse. I will post a couple of MP3s.
And more... 200MB of webspace that I've been too swamped to use yet...
Some surprises are on the way.
--Mark
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