Just thought some of you might enjoy these playlists I put together to help me/my students with unusual(ish) time signatures. My idea being that we are surrounded by 4/4 whether we like it or not, and so I've put these lists together to immerse the ears in a different time feel, hopefully breaking some deeply ingrained habits.
Or something. Either ways, there's some interesting juxtapositions when you group by time signature!
Let me know your thoughts, and any omissions! My criteria is that is basically has to be in that same time feel the whole way through, so you can have the playlist on in the background and learn by osmosis.
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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
@stuckfast - that Led Zep one has a bunch of 6/8 bars thrown in unfortunately. The Face track is great though! I've never heard it, the guitar tones on it are killer. Added that and the Triffids tune.
@blobb - sounds cool, but there's loads of different time signatures in there, and the verses are in 4/4.
@viz - That Rachmaninov is HEAVY! Moves into 3/4 for big chunks of it though, so doesn't fit the criteria I've set myself alas. Thanks for the introduction though, and I've added the Tchaikovsky.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
Thanks for the input everyone.
viz said:
It’s excellent isn’t it, and I love the fact that some bars have emphasis on 1 and 3 and others on 1 and 4, to give the effect of pulling hard on the oars. Totally. I need to spend more time with this music for sure.
You've got Money in the 7/4 playlist but I'm fairly sure the guitar solo is in 4/4 (going off memory - can't listen at the moment).
Sorry @AntonHunter , I didn't notice.
It's gone now. You're dead right, and that's laziness on my part just assuming and not checking.
I wonder how much of a hypocrite I've been with the rest too :-/