apatheticbassist
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In my music theory class, we're discussing odd times. I want to incorporate some into my music. help me find some obscure ones, will you?
i just meant the time signatures. thanks though.Time signatures or examples of their use?
You can build interesting time signatures by building up combinations of 2 or 3 quavers (8th notes) or semiquavers (16th notes). You can also divide standard time signatures in this way to get unusual rhythms out of them.
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Also electronic musician Venetian Snares has a song called Kakenrooken Stivlobits that has a section that is in 89/8.
Also electronic musician Venetian Snares has a song called Kakenrooken Stivlobits that has a section that is in 89/8.
I like to do mine by maintaining a four beat pulse, but using odd-number beats inside of it. So a measure of 7/4 would be four groups of 7 sixteenth notes (four groups of 3+4 sixteenth), or 5/4 would be four groups of 5 (2+3 or 3+2). It makes a lot of the stuff have a cool syncopated feel when percussion is maintaining a steady backbeat behind something that's accented that way. My personal favorite ones to use are 5/8, 9/8, and 15/16. They can still have a groove and be "tricky" to the ear.
i just meant the time signatures. thanks though.
Lol, I thought I was alone in using 15/16...
I'm usually treating it as five 3-note pulses and its fun.
I love mathcore/math rock and I used to intentionally write in obscure time signatures as more of a challenge. Now its so ingrained I just figure out a riff to a steady click and then sort out the time signatures later. Rarely anymore do I land on a 4/4 on accident. Now I have to force myself into those patterns, lol.I have one song that alternates between 15/16 and 4/4 where the 15/16 measure is a mix of groups of 2, 3 and 4. The rest of the song is 4/4 and alternating 4/4 and 5/4. It kinda just happened though, I didn't realize it was that involved til I put it in guitar pro though
I love mathcore/math rock and I used to intentionally write in obscure time signatures as more of a challenge. Now its so ingrained I just figure out a riff to a steady click and then sort out the time signatures later. Rarely anymore do I land on a 4/4 on accident. Now I have to force myself into those patterns, lol.
I love mathcore/math rock and I used to intentionally write in obscure time signatures as more of a challenge. Now its so ingrained I just figure out a riff to a steady click and then sort out the time signatures later. Rarely anymore do I land on a 4/4 on accident. Now I have to force myself into those patterns, lol.
electronic musician Venetian Snares has a song called Kakenrooken Stivlobits that has a section that is in 89/8.
Oh man, if I couldn't demo stuff with programmed drums I don't think my band would ever get anything done. Another reason I wish everyone who wanted to make music would at least read the first 3-4 pages of ANY music theory book where they explain basic rhythmic concepts and how to count. Now I just give the drummer a guitar track with a click and one with programmed drums and let him figure it out. Explaining it was a hair-pulling experience.I'm kind of the same way. I legitimately think my brain is wired differently than most people (ignoring the debate of 4/4 being a nature vs. nurture kind of thing). When I write music, I almost never write in 4/4 and have always been that way. It's in no way intentional. Most of the time I'll write a riff I like, and when I finally put it down on paper or record it, it ends up being in 11, or something. It's honestly a bit frustrating when trying to collaborate with other musicians as it makes it quite a bit harder to get my ideas accepted and/or understood.
this is really good stuff, adding it on Apple Music till I go buy a bunch of stuff from bandcamp again.In response to OP's post, here's a song from my band that changes time signatures a ludicrous amount of times. Somewhere in the 110-120 range (although some of those are strictly so the measures won't have stupid amounts of ties between measures)
https://capturethesun.bandcamp.com/track/orogenesis
Why does this read like something said by a NPC out of Legend of Zelda? Help you find them? Why, who hid them?help me find some obscure ones, will you?