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Title: Question for a musician
Post by: CrustClock on March 27, 2009, 05:16:11 PM

Sorry for hogging space on this board for my own selfish ends, but this has been bugging me:

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What is the time signature of repetitve, 'BA da da da da da da da BA da da da da da da da', piano part? I think songs which have this kind of musical spine are always good, and I want to have the right term to describe them.

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: salt on March 27, 2009, 05:28:27 PM

sounds like a regular 4/4 to me

at least for now

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: CubeMelonClock on March 27, 2009, 05:34:18 PM

6/8
I love ELO by the way.

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: SoBe Clock on March 27, 2009, 05:37:18 PM

Quote from: CubeMelonClock;15473826/8
I love ELO by the way.

It's an 8 note pattern with the orchestra putting emphasis being on beats 1 and 4, it would be really strange for it to be 6/8.

Sounds like a standard 4/4 to me,

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: CubeMelonClock on March 27, 2009, 05:40:10 PM

yeah, but with accent it is
123 - 123 - 12
not
1234 - 1234

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: BoulderClock on March 27, 2009, 05:41:17 PM

It is 4/4.

I can understand why you would say 6/8 but it is 4/4 because of what the rest of the instruments are doing.

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: SoBe Clock on March 27, 2009, 05:41:40 PM

Quote from: CubeMelonClock;1547386yeah, but with accent it is
123 - 123 - 12
not
1234 - 1234

Since there is no emphasis on beat 7, it probably is 123-12345.

I still say 4/4.

EDIT: The rest of the orchestra leads me to believe it's not 6/8

EDIT2: Yeah what boulder said.

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: CubeMelonClock on March 27, 2009, 05:48:24 PM

yeah, you're right

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: ChimeClock on March 27, 2009, 06:02:12 PM

or it could be polyrhythmic

ed: yeah it's common time

Title: Question for a musician
Post by: CrustClock on March 27, 2009, 06:35:10 PM

I thought it might be something to do with an 8 because of how fast it was. just a fast 4/4 then

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