-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Fahey [mailto:Chris.Fahey@raremedium.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 3:24 PM
To: 'Josh Davison'; 'ian@webice.net'
Subject: RE: [idm] RE: Amen (was [idm] blade-runner/dune) -> cf/alextea
quoted 1 line 4/4 CAN sound like 6/8 if you play it "swingy" enough
> 4/4 CAN sound like 6/8 if you play it "swingy" enoughquoted 3 lines "Sound like" is the key phrase. And it goes vice-versa too. My girlfriend's
>"Sound like" is the key phrase. And it goes vice-versa too. My girlfriend's
>(who's on the list too - hi baby!) old band did a cool track in 6/8. At
>first it *sounds like* 4/4 since it's such a laid back hip-hop kinda
groove,
quoted 2 lines but no matter what it sounds like it's still technically 6/8. Which is the
>but no matter what it sounds like it's still technically 6/8. Which is the
>song's title, by the way.
right. but technically to you its 6/8, I can technically take it to be 4/4
with triplets a the same time with the same justification and hear it the
exact same way it was meant to be played. "Classical" composers who wrote
pieces in sharp keys (eg C#) meant to have a 'lighter' sound to the piece
(ie major mode), when they wrote them in flatkeys (ie Db), they meant them
to have a 'heavier' sound, even though you could write the same piece in
either key it would be the exact same. So i can see how you jsutify that a
certain piece would be in 6/8, but I'm just trying to point out that
technically, melodically, musically, there is NO difference in between the
same piece written in the keys of C# and Db respectively....
http://chooser.mp3.com/cgi-bin/play/play.cgi/AAIAQtJvAgDABG5vcm1QBAAAAFL6hAA
AUQEAAABDU5ePOeAlyqGY9dZJifkDJBTGq5g-/sixeight.mp3
quoted 2 lines Laika does quite a few tracks in 7/8, and unlike most 7/8 stuff I've heard
>Laika does quite a few tracks in 7/8, and unlike most 7/8 stuff I've heard
>by wankerous rock bands, it actually is swingy and danceable and "feels
like
quoted 1 line 4/4".
>4/4".
see you could call each 7/8 measure a beat and consider four of them to
comprise a larger measure of 4/4. Thats the most obvious interpretation of
the "danceable" feel one can get from such an odd time sig. You can do this
with anything... itd be interesting to see a set of 3 7/8s or 3 4/5s
together instead of 4, which is what people usually do.
so we agree!
peace, ian
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