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> Your Favourite Time Signature, A Silly Thread
chocolatedog
post Apr 17 2007, 10:29 PM
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7/8 but also 3/4 and 6/8 when used together like in America from West Side Story......plus 4/4 when it's divided into 3+3+2 quaver combinations...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Apr 17 2007, 10:30 PM
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Have to be boring and say 6/8 the one I find the easiest to sighread (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif). Which given I'm not good at sightreading, is a bonus (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif).
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post Apr 17 2007, 10:45 PM
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The piece I'm concentrating on at the moment (Prokofiev 3rd sonata) is in 4/4 (12/8). I really enjoy the feeling of turbulence the frequent cross - rhythms create.
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post Apr 17 2007, 10:48 PM
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My favourite time signature is 5/8. Oh, 5/8 and I had some happy times together, let me tell you. That was back in the old days, of course, before the unpleasantness, and I've come to realise that I have to move on, but there will always be a place in my heart for 5/8. I think 5/8 knows this, but we both know it's too late now.

12/16, on the other hand, is nothing more than a little strumpet. If I never see 12/16 for the rest of my life it will still be too soon.
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post Apr 18 2007, 01:39 AM
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Definitely 3/4 or 6/8! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
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post Apr 18 2007, 04:16 AM
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3/4 and 6/8 for me..
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post Apr 18 2007, 06:16 AM
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Any compound time sigs for me!
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post Apr 18 2007, 07:02 AM
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QUOTE(sarah-flute @ Apr 17 2007, 10:49 PM) *

I'm not sure I even KNOW a piece in 7/8, heathen wot I yam.

Money - Pink Floyd (Dark side of the moon)
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post Apr 18 2007, 07:04 AM
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My fave time sig is 6/8 or 3/4 or 3/8, because I like counting in 3s.
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post Apr 18 2007, 07:17 AM
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Well, I like 4/4 for how easy it is to count when playing!!

However, I also like 3/8, 6/8 and 8/8. I've had some quite nice pieces in 5/4 as well.

I put a composition into 6/4 for a section once - I will NOT be doing that again!!
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post Apr 18 2007, 07:41 AM
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5/4. as in Shostakovitch Prelude Op34 no 22 in B flat
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post Apr 18 2007, 07:59 AM
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I like 5/8 and 6/8 too - but I also like what a previous poster said, when 4/4 is divided into 3+3+2 - isn't that classed as 8/8 though? Or did I make that up?
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post Apr 18 2007, 12:08 PM
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Anything with 5/8 or 7/8 does it for me - love listening and playing. Makes me want to get up and move much more powerfully than 'ordinary' dance rhythms - bizarre! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)
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post Apr 18 2007, 03:46 PM
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5/4! That or a nice swinging 6/8, please...
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post Apr 18 2007, 05:18 PM
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6/8 or 5/4 are my favourites (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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