15/16? You sure? Also, how about "Butts Wigglin", that seems to have some weird time signatures.
SoylentGreg Wrote:15/16? You sure? Also, how about "Butts Wigglin", that seems to have some weird time signatures.
Yup, I'm sure. I've never tried to play it, so I dunno if that's right. But it's what the book says.
for 100th, the opening may be in 15/16 but im guessing if you look a couple bars later in the book you will see it changes to 4/4...if not i would think that it is some sort of joke...butts wigglin is in 4 as well but it is harder to hear because of jonny accenting "weaker" beats with the bass drum
Yer right ... as I only do acoustic stuff these days, I've never really been interested in playing it and I just saw 15/16 and thought, "that's wierd."
But it starts in 15/16, then goes to 11/16, and then into good old 4/4. Which would explain why it doesn't sound like it's in an odd time signature.
My bad, as all the cool kids say these days.
If you want to hear some really different time signatures, try listening to Soundgarden. Fell on Black Days and Spoonman are two examples but there are a lot of different ones.
MattPower Wrote:If you want to hear some really different time signatures, try listening to Soundgarden. Fell on Black Days and Spoonman are two examples but there are a lot of different ones.
Soundgarden is a great example. I credit their drummer Matt Cameron for a lot of that stuff. As most people know, Cameron has been a full-time member of Pearl Jam for the past few years (pretty much since Soundgarden broke up), and if you listen to PJ's last couple of albums, it's obvious he's been a pretty big influence on their songwriting.
Speaking of f**ked up time signatures, check out the Rheostatics. Those guys have truly mastered the art of experimental song structures.
i dont mean to rain on your parade but fell on black days and spoonman are both in 4/4 but they both do have more complex rhythm
clarke Wrote:i dont mean to rain on your parade but fell on black days and spoonman are both in 4/4 but they both do have more complex rhythm
I'm pretty sure the intro riff to spoonman has alternating time signatures. One bar in 4/4, one bar in 3/4. The choruses are probably in 4/4.
I was trying to think of other hip songs in different time signatures. But I couldn't, so this post is doomed to offtopicness.
Steve