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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.
[6] "Mudra" teaches children about India through recited "tripped out astral poetry" and sitar grooves laid atop synthesiser bleeps. [12] Writer Mike Oxman wrote that the following song "Accent" veers abruptly "from a jaunty Schoolhouse Rock-type pop song to segments instructing children to clap poly-rhythmically over odd 5 4 and 7 4 time ...
"Time" by Anthrax from the album Persistence of Time. Intro in 7 4. [141] Tom Sawyer by Rush, switches between 4/4 and 7/4 time. [142] "Two Toccatas" by George Antheil. The first toccata features a middle section in 7 8. [143] Variations et fugue sur un thème original, Op. 42, by Zygmunt Stojowski: theme in 7 4, also the variations 2, 3, and ...
Children's Songs is an album by jazz pianist Chick Corea recorded in July 1983 and released on ECM the following year. The trio features violinist Ida Kavafian and cellist Fred Sherry . Background and composition
"Halí, dítě" ("Hullee, baby") – This lullaby was collected by František Bartoš (1837–1906), pedagogue and ethnographer who collected Moravian songs. The second line says the carer will leave after the child falls asleep, but in the third line we learn that only to the garden in the valley to pick raspberries.
The song is consistently applied at 4/4 time signature, [5] accompanied by a distorted sound of drums and bass. [ 6 ] The tune features a rhythm and blues vibe, [ 7 ] and has been considered as an origin of the heavy metal genre. [ 8 ]
The verses are in 7 4 time, an unorthodox meter which the band would also later use in " Spoonman ". [ 6 ] Guitarist Kim Thayil has said that Soundgarden usually did not consider the time signature of a song until after the band had written it, and said that the use of odd meters was "a total accident."
On this children's album, Pete Seeger devotes himself to putting small children to sleep, first by telling them stories, then by singing to them. The LP's first side contains two stories with music. Side two features child-oriented songs, concluding with the a cappella song "One Grain of Sand." [2] The album was recorded by Moses Asch.