6/8...the time sig of the gods...

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:32 pm

Am I the only one who loves this so much...

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:44 pm

i love 6/8 too, almost all of my church songs are in that signature...

how about 5/4, i love that one too (and pretty much any other oddmeter)

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:49 pm

i have no idea what that is

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:08 pm

hehe...hey fatjack...have you ever heard of Camel???

great prog/jazz band...I am going to see them on the 30th...they have a song called "six ate"...very coll tune...if you haven't heard them, you would be wise to check em' out...believe me :wink:

mattahews · Unread post by **mattahews** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:08 pm

I absolutely love 6/8 time. That is the smoothest, chillest time signature. 4/4 is way to normal. 5/4 is pretty damn awkward. 3/4, like 6/8 is also very smooth. But nothing beats a time that is defined by eighth notes man, nothing.

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:13 pm

well i guess that just makes us special...j/k :lol:

i time signature is what sets how long the measures are in a song. most songs i western music are in a 4/4 time signature. (its what makes everyone tap their foot and say one... two...three...four...)

songs like the stone are in 6/8.

other dave songs in 6/8:

chorus of rapunzel
verse of you never know
chorus of kit kat jam
drive in drive out

listen to these songs and see if you ca tell the difference

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:19 pm

gives a feeling of riding a horse in-time with the music...very adrogineous (omg...sp!?) :lol:

mattahews · Unread post by **mattahews** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:20 pm

Pink Floyd's money is in 7/4 . As weird as it is, I always loved that signature.

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:21 pm

somebody help me figure out ht etime sig of "Dance On A Valcano" by GENESIS :shock:

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:30 pm

you asked just the right question fire... i love do this... just got to d/l the song

DreaminBassMunky · Unread post by **DreaminBassMunky** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:53 pm

dude the Grateful Dead tops it all with Uncle John's Band, if you count it out it's in 15/4 time. Basically 3 normal measures of 4 and then a 4th measure but you drop the last beat. It's pretty crahzy.

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:59 pm

i don't actually think there is such a thing... usually the three measures of 4/4 are written and then a 3/4 is added in. i don't think it goes beyond 12 in standard notation...

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:18 pm

hey fire that song is all over the place :shock:

there was a few that i caught though, there was a little of about every oddmeter imaginable. some 11/8 and some of it felt like 7/8. that part where the drum cuts the beat out threw me off terribly tough (usually i love doing this sort of thing, but i would hate to have to arrange this on paper!)

geekmug · Unread post by **geekmug** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:34 pm

"Dance On A Volcano" is in 7/4

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:53 am

yes i love 6/8. i actually find 12/8 and 7/4 to be really cool but it's cause i used to sing a lot of old (like hundreds of years old) songs...

hey fire i thought KKJ was in 3/4...?

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