A friend of mine is a pretty skilled musician and after listening to most of my Hip collection he has informed me that most, if not all, of there song are played in 4/4.
Anyone have any examples or songs that are not 4/4.
"Wild Mountain Honey?"
Their version of "Train Kept A Rollin'?"
Now that you've brought this up, in my head I've got the *tick* *tick* *tick* *tick* noise of Johnny's sticks which starts every song at the live shows.
Stephen Dame Wrote:Now that you've brought this up, in my head I've got the *tick* *tick* *tick* *tick* noise of Johnny's sticks which starts every song at the live shows.
I never realized it, but you're right.
As far as I've seen, they are all in 4/4, but that is pretty standard for rock and roll. Pink Floyd, Rush, Tool, etc. will often throw in odd time signatures, but most rock is in 4/4.
pretty much all rock and roll and pop for that matter are in 4/4...the best examples of ones that arent in 4/4 are Manic Depression by Hendrix (3/4) and Money by Plink Floyd (7/4)...and wild mountain honey is in 4 actually
a lot of zeppelin is not in 4/4..i
I've had many a debate on the time signature of As I Wind Down the Pines..... there is much confusion among music scholars....
Long Time Running and Beautiful Thing are both in 6/8 time. As I wind down the pines is 9/8 followed by 8/8 consecutively and All Tore Up is an intersting piece because of the way it molds the 4/4 drums and the 6/8 bass. Thats about all I can think of...
The tab book sez Hundredth Meridian is 15/16, which strikes me as simply bizarre, though I've never really looked at it.
But most popular music is 4/4. Rock is mostly 4/4, country is mostly 4/4. Most popular songs also use three chords. So?
Making good music isn't about showing off by screwing around with time signatures and key changes.
i'm still baffled by As I Wind Down the Pines.... the 8/8 is clear which, at least to my ears and feet, comes in at the "to play without stopping" part... but, it seems as though it starts with one measure of 9/8 and then goes to 7/8 back to 9/8 back to 7/8 and then holds on some time signature for a few measures...... any help das_hips?
I don't know the exact timing but "Are you Ready" has some bizzar time stuff going on.
how about the completists...I can't seem to air drum to that one too well....
Pardon the interuption, but what is 4/4 ?
MountainHip Wrote:Pardon the interuption, but what is 4/4 ?
My Grade 9 music memories are slim, so I also had to look it up:
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thedoog Wrote:i'm still baffled by As I Wind Down the Pines.... the 8/8 is clear which, at least to my ears and feet, comes in at the "to play without stopping" part... but, it seems as though it starts with one measure of 9/8 and then goes to 7/8 back to 9/8 back to 7/8 and then holds on some time signature for a few measures...... any help das_hips?
Yeah, after listening to it you're bang on... it's a 9/8 - 7/8 combo for about three measures, and then an 8/8... and then another 9/8 - 7/8 combo for two measures, then a 9/8, and then switches to 8/8 for the duration...
And Are You Ready and The Completeists are both 4/4. But it's not a generic 4/4 (a la NOIS, BAHD), it's spiced up a bit by Johnny's splash cymbals.