From Mark Kolmar Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 21:22
From Mark Kolmar Sent Sun, Jul 11th 1999, 21:22
> >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 __ Burning Rome : SENSELESS CD on Mindfield Records MindCD03 Cathartium 14 < http://www.burningrome.com/ > < more high-quality MP3s coming soon >