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Favorite songs in 5/4.
Storm Rider:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---A lot of people, when they think prog, think amazing musicians who wank about for the sake of it, which is totally untrue - especially in the Floyd's case.
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For a second, I thought you were denouncing prog as wankery, which is totally untrue.
And I would argue that progressive is indeed progressing from its influences, albiet more slowly than before. It's gradually incorporating more genres into its sound, such as jazz fusion and of course metal. Progressive, as I see it, is more a term to refer to music that emphasizes instrumental proficiency and complex song structure rather than to describe as something radically different from everything else. It's a very blanket term: the Flower Kings are totally different from Threshold or Evergrey, just as King Crimson was little like Yes.
KharBevNor:
I'm obviously not going to win many friends here but why the fuck would you care?
I don't really pay attention, and I'm not good at that sort of thing anyway (I can't stand theory). Putting some slight thought to it, I think Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor is 5/4. Can't really think of anything immediately apart from that.
But again, who cares?
Der Golem:
I'm gonna agree with Khar on this one. 5/4 is relatively normal sounding so I most often don't even notice it. That being said, I love wacky time signiatures as long as they aren't just there for their own sake.
Thrillho:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I'm obviously not going to win many friends here but why the fuck would you care?
I don't really pay attention, and I'm not good at that sort of thing anyway (I can't stand theory). Putting some slight thought to it, I think Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor is 5/4. Can't really think of anything immediately apart from that.
But again, who cares?
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*shrug* The same thing could be said for just about everything on this forum.
I don't think 'cares' is the word for it anyway. I think 'lack of something better to do'...
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: Der Golem ---I'm gonna agree with Khar on this one. 5/4 is relatively normal sounding so I most often don't even notice it. That being said, I love wacky time signiatures as long as they aren't just there for their own sake.
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If they're well-done it's not easily noticable. The only reason I know most of the tunes that I mentioned are in 5/4 is because I've either played the tunes before (it's pretty easy to notice what time signature a tune is in when it's written right in front of you), or someone told me. I do, however, count through a lot of tunes, to practice. Even if it's in 4/4/, I'll count while listening to it, and try to keep the form. The more practice I get at counting, the less likely I am to lose the form while actually playing, and losing the form on a gig will get you fired, really quickly.
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