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

ryopan · Post by **ryopan** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:00 am

i have to get back to studying in 5...... 8)

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:13 am

victor wooten has a song called "almost 12" because it is in 11/4. pretty cool.

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 7:00 am

Jay wrote:victor wooten has a song called "almost 12" because it is in 11/4. pretty cool.

yeah...I just got another flecktone cd...Vix 9 is so awesome

DMBFreak84 · Post by **DMBFreak84** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 7:38 am

how bout 11/16 time?

played by the flecktones on their song, Almost 12, won a grammy for it

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:22 am

yes, the verse to kit kat jam is in 3/4, but it switches to 6/8 for the chorus (doesn't make that much difference though because both signatures are in triplet)

mattahews · Post by **mattahews** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:58 am

3/4 is actually a little different than 6/8. 6/8 is actually played in 2. it would be 9/8 that corresponds to 3/4.

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:03 pm

DMBFreak84 wrote:how bout 11/16 time?

played by the flecktones on their song, Almost 12, won a grammy for it

oops, i meant 11/16, not 11/4...

another cool one is 8/8 like Coldplay's Clocks...mmm...

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:28 pm

i know that they are different, but they can be counted the same way (1..2..3..1..2..3). similar because they are divisable by three, unlike 4/4.

The Man of The Hour · Post by **The Man of The Hour** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:54 pm

Last Stop Outro - 6/8 Time. Love it!

Jay · Post by **Jay** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:10 pm

fatjack wrote:i know that they are different, but they can be counted the same way (1..2..3..1..2..3). similar because they are divisable by three, unlike 4/4.

i don't think them both being divisable by 3 matters because time sigs do not always perform like fractions....because 4/4 and 8/8 are TOTALLY different, but by this logic, they should be the same, or at least similar...

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:46 pm

yeah, but its easier to count them by three (or triplet)

thats what makes them similar, the fact that they can be counted in 3s. For instance, a lot of church songs i play are in 6/8. when there are two chords in one measure that split the measure in half, its easier to count 1..2..3..1..2..3, rather than 1..2..3..4..5..6. also songs in 6/8 usually are faster in tempo, than those of 3/4

its wierd but time signatures are very flexible in the way you count them. a song like the stone is in 6/8 (a fast one at that) can be counted as a very slow 4/4 because the accent comes on the '4' of the measure (kind of like every three beats counts as one)

you can count a song however you like. time signatures really only matter in musical notation. songs with a four on the bottom have quarter notes written as one beat, songs with 8 on the bottom use eighth notes as one beat.

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:48 pm

you guys should listen to songs like Awaken by Yes...I think there are like 6 different sigs in jut that song

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 2:48 pm

The Man of The Hour wrote:Last Stop Outro - 6/8 Time. Love it!

actually the last stop outro is in 6/4 felt the same, written differently (trust me i have the music to before these crowded streets and live in chicago)

juineaux · Post by **juineaux** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:16 pm

phish has a song(you enjoy myself) with some crazy time sigs.
the guitarist is playing in 11/16
the drummer plays 7/8
and the bass player plays 5/8
and they would all meet on the 1 after a few cycles

i dont know how that works but it actually sounds pretty natural, when you listen to it.

firedancer86 · Post by **firedancer86** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 4:20 pm

yeah it does...Trey has some real nice arppegios in the beginning...moves fast too

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