My wife and I want to perform/record this, but the seeming lack of meter is driving me nuts. It seems to be ostensibly in 3/4 time, but not necessarily so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
She Moves Through The Fair: What's the EFFING Meter?
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- KVRAF
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
Hi,
My wife and I want to perform/record this, but the seeming lack of meter is driving me nuts. It seems to be ostensibly in 3/4 time, but not necessarily so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
My wife and I want to perform/record this, but the seeming lack of meter is driving me nuts. It seems to be ostensibly in 3/4 time, but not necessarily so.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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I had no problem counting to 6 here, so 6/4 could be the deal. I will try once more and report.
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I give up.
Stick to 3/4
Stick to 3/4
Last edited by IncarnateX on Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:30 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
thanks! 
Erm...what is the difference between 6/4 and 6/8? My theory is quite rudimentary.
Erm...what is the difference between 6/4 and 6/8? My theory is quite rudimentary.
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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- KVRAF
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- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
I thought it was 6/4?
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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Yeah it works a such but sometimes it sounds like they put an extra 3/4 in there so we have 9\4. Guess 3/4 will work if you do not accent 1 every time, so it sounds like a waltz.
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It is basically a question of tempo to me, I prefer to count slower tempos as 6/4 but it is relative because in both cases we are dealing 6 beats with a subdivision of 2 = 12 (16th notes in 6/8 and 1/8 notes in 6/4), so they could as well have written it in 6/8. But again, it seems like they put an extra 3/4 now and then, so this seems better meter to work with. I have not analysed it fully.Bombadil wrote: Sun Mar 10, 2019 8:11 pm thanks!
Erm...what is the difference between 6/4 and 6/8? My theory is quite rudimentary.
Last edited by IncarnateX on Sat Mar 16, 2019 9:02 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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- KVRAF
- 2812 posts since 26 Jul, 2015 from Philadelphia
Sounds more like a consistent 3/4 to me. 6/4 or 6/8 should work as well.
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- KVRAF
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- 11950 posts since 31 Aug, 2013 from Someplace else
It's a tricky song. Every version I've seen of this the meter wanders. I'm glad that it's just not me that finds it unorthodox. My wife says she can sing it like this, and given her knowledge and ability, I am sure she can. I just don't want to be stumbling around with the backing.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out, I appreciate it!
Thanks for taking the time to check it out, I appreciate it!
“The Generals sat, and the lines on the map, moved from side to side.”
― Pink Floyd
― Pink Floyd
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Yeah stick to 3/4, better safe than sorry, but watch the accents.
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
You could say 3 with a little fermata at 3, or 3 and a half (7/8). The pulse I get with the anacrusis, which is a consistent feature of the timing, gets me 3 1/2 the most frequently. 3 and a quarter sometimes which is like 13/16. But it is felt, not counted I suppose.