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This is a list of musical compositions or pieces of music that have unusual time signatures. "Unusual" is here defined to be any time signature other than simple time signatures with top numerals of 2, 3, or 4 and bottom numerals of 2, 4, or 8, and compound time signatures with top numerals of 6, 9, or 12 and bottom numerals 4, 8, or 16.
Most time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other: The lower numeral indicates the note value that the signature is counting. This number is always a power of 2 (unless the time signature is irrational), usually 2, 4 or 8, but less often 16 is also used, usually in Baroque music. 2 corresponds to the half note (minim), 4 to the quarter note (crotchet), 8 to the eighth ...
Pages in category "Time signatures" ... List of musical works in unusual time signatures * Time signature; D. Duple and quadruple metre; M. Septuple meter; Triple metre;
These time signatures cannot be evenly subdivided into groups of two or three. Common time This symbol represents 4 4 time—four beats per measure with a quarter note representing one beat. It derives from the broken circle that represented "imperfect" duple meter in fourteenth-century mensural time signatures. Alla breve / cut time This ...
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8 is a compound time type of time signature). Many other time signatures exist, such as 2 2 or 3 8. Many short classical music pieces from the classical era and songs from traditional music and popular music are in one time signature for much or all of the piece.
List of musical works in unusual time signatures; W. List of pieces that use the whole-tone scale This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 11:38 (UTC). Text ...
(2003) "She's My Rushmore" by Every Time I Die - alternates with 9/8 and 4/4. (2002) "Gravity Eyelids" by Porcupine Tree - the second half of the instrumental part starting at 5:12 is partially in 10/8 timing as well as a few other time signatures. (2005) "Music for a Nurse" by Oceansize (2003) "III Ways to Epica" by Kamelot