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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.
Dave Brubeck. David Warren Brubeck (/ ˈbruːbɛk /; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasting rhythms, meters, tonalities, and combining different styles and genres ...
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Archives:: In accordance with Wikipedia's Original Research policy, musical works that might have unusual time signatures, but that do not yet have reliable sources confirming this, are excluded from this article. Such works should be included in the list until sources are found. Lists Low‑importance.
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 ...
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Radiohead - Pyramid Song. This song sounds like 11/8 if you count by the piano chords in the beginning, but when the drums come in, it reveals itself to be 8/8 with triplets. The 2nd and 4th chords come on the third note of the triplet on the 2nd and 5th beats (the first two parts of the triplets are rests).
Dividing a common time signature in an unusual way may give you an unusual division, but it can't turn a common time signature into an uncommon one. The title of this article is "List of musical works in [sic] unusual time signatures" not "List of musicals works with usual time signatures divided unusually".