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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.
The song is known for its distinct time signatures and corresponding lyrical patterns. The time signatures of the chorus of the song change from 9/8 to 8/8 to 7/8; as drummer Danny Carey says, "It was originally titled 9-8-7. For the time signatures. Then it turned out that 987 was the 16th number of the Fibonacci sequence. So that was cool." [2]
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 ...
(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
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The precise time was determined by astronomer Edward Pickering at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, who sent a message out via telegraph to New York City "and from thence distributed ...
Note: Four time signatures involved required creating new sections, thus requiring one instance of {{time signature}}. One time signature has a numerator above 19 and thus the full time signature must still be stated. Revision 1158413555. Pieces moved: 1; Time signatures removed: 3; Time signatures moved: 12; New PEIS: 2015075; PEIS reduction ...