From Irene McC Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 14:42
From Irene McC Sent Mon, Oct 20th 1997, 14:42
On 19 Oct 97, Ben Coffer wrote:
> Ok...well...maybe :) I chose a bad example there....well, alright
> then, you can have a 3/4 melody but the rhythm section can still be
> doing a four to the floor coz it all just wraps around back to the
> beginning in the end anyway doesn't it....just takes 3 bars of music
> instead of 4...
Oops, no - - - hang on!
3/4 time = waltz. Think *1*, 2, 3 / *1*, 2, 3
(boom chick chick)
4/4 time on the other hand is a whole variety of things:
Generally *1*, 2, 3, 4 or 1, 2, *3*, 4 or *1*, 2, *3*, 4
or, obviously with the 4 on the floor we all _love_ every beat is
equally valued, ie *1*, *2*, *3*, *4* BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
Reggae / dub might give you : 1, 2, 3, 4 *and*/ or 1, *2*, 3, 4
Argh - blah - this is hard to explain :-) but I just have a slight
hiccup visualising a 3/4 melody as you suggest, with the 4x4 drum
pattern bashing on in the background, "wrapping around" ... how was
that again ?
... Spent too long studying music ...
I
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- Autechre