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Dniss · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:50 am Post subject: Anyone good with time signature?

Hey guys! Any drummer here or peps with time signature experience?

I chose a song to recreate on the kronos sequencer. I picked this Have A Cigar Pink Floyd song for various reasons, but I can't figure out the time signature.

There are 2 precise segments I'm missing out on, first one is from 0:48 to 0:56, and second one from 1:48 to 1:56. The whole song is 4/4 but these segments.

The way I'm counting this, I get 4/4 then 5/4 for the first segment, and 4/4 then 5/4, 5/4 for the second segment.

Is this right?

Thought I'd ask here. Always seems to be someone with the proper knowledge.

Regards,
Den

DaniH · Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:34 pm Post subject:

I think it goes from 2/4 to 3/4 back to 4/4 then 5/4.
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Dniss · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 6:11 am Post subject:

Hi Dan, thanks for your reply.

The 1st part or the 2nd part where he goes "and then we tell you ...."

billbaker · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:07 pm Post subject:

For the first break I'm hearing it as 4/4 with a single bar of 5/4 at the end of the phrase. So that one is fairly straightforward; the anomylous beat is really just one bar of 5/4.

The second phrase (1:48) I'm hearing a total of 14 quarter note beats -- so 5/4-4/4/-5/4 ? -- tho the natural phrasing against the lyrics accenting strong beats might also suggest breaking it down to 2/4 (tell)-3/4 (name) - 6/4 (boy) - 3/4 (riding)?

Does that help? I think it would be tough to play against a consistent pattern - you might want to just stick in 7 bars of 2/4.

BB
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