by bruce » Wed May 21, 2008 8:48 pm
Lysander wrote:I would like to note, however, that the song in the youtube link is not in 7/4 or 5/4 but is in fact 3/4. Which is slightly less common than 4/4 but still relatively standard (a LOT of blues does it for example). 7 and 5 are "odd" and thus mostly reserved for prog. There's offshoots like, say, 11/8, 13/8 or 19/16 time but really that's just 7 or 5 with an extra tag just to be tricky. Though, Money is like that as well--it has a 3/4 feel but they add in an extra note just for the fuck of it.
To be more specific:
Folks, 3/4 time is just
waltz time. If you can waltz to it, it's in 3/4.
There are many fine songs that are in 3/4 time.
And some songs that aren't can be put there.
Take, for instance, Springsteen's "Open All Night" on
Nebraska. I guess it's originally in 4/4, but there are a lot of triplets in it, so it might as well be in 12/8. You can also hear it in cut time, 2/2.
Son Volt covers it on
Badlands. And
they do it in 3/4, so it turns into a waltz. Fucking brilliant.
You want something that was
written in 3/4, try "To Love is to Bury" off
The Trinity Sessions, the Cowboy Junkies' breakout album, which is, Jesus, more than 20 years old now. Fuck.
Bruce
[quote="Lysander"]I would like to note, however, that the song in the youtube link is not in 7/4 or 5/4 but is in fact 3/4. Which is slightly less common than 4/4 but still relatively standard (a LOT of blues does it for example). 7 and 5 are "odd" and thus mostly reserved for prog. There's offshoots like, say, 11/8, 13/8 or 19/16 time but really that's just 7 or 5 with an extra tag just to be tricky. Though, Money is like that as well--it has a 3/4 feel but they add in an extra note just for the fuck of it.[/quote]
To be more specific:
Folks, 3/4 time is just [i]waltz[/i] time. If you can waltz to it, it's in 3/4.
There are many fine songs that are in 3/4 time.
And some songs that aren't can be put there.
Take, for instance, Springsteen's "Open All Night" on [i]Nebraska[/i]. I guess it's originally in 4/4, but there are a lot of triplets in it, so it might as well be in 12/8. You can also hear it in cut time, 2/2.
Son Volt covers it on [i]Badlands[/i]. And [i]they[/i] do it in 3/4, so it turns into a waltz. Fucking brilliant.
You want something that was [i]written[/i] in 3/4, try "To Love is to Bury" off [i]The Trinity Sessions[/i], the Cowboy Junkies' breakout album, which is, Jesus, more than 20 years old now. Fuck.
Bruce