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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 ...
From a musical standpoint, 12/8 and 9/8 are not unusual time signatures. Granted, they're compound, but frankly, if we're including 12/8 in this list we'd have to include practically every blues (and depending on your interpretation of swing, swing) song ever written. 9/8 is in a similar boat (though for the record it IS much more uncommon than 12/8).
The vocals work in similar fashion with the featured numeral spoken, sung and shouted during the middle section and a return to the arranged counting at the end. The song employs complex rhythms, changing time signatures frequently between 4 4, 3 4 and 5 4 during the opening and closing segments, around a rhythmically straightforward 4
In music, counting is a system of regularly occurring sounds that serve to assist with the performance or audition of music by allowing the easy identification of the beat. Commonly, this involves verbally counting the beats in each measure as they occur, whether there be 2 beats, 3 beats, 4 beats, or even 5 beats.
With regards to which time signatures are unusual, the Time signature article already mentions a number of time signatures (3/4, 4/4, 6/8 et al.) as 'most common', leading to the implication that other time sigs are unusual. Moreover, a number of time signatures is explicitly mentioned as being unusual afterwards, again without sourcing.
The article says that only for compound time signatures, like 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8. Notice that in these cases the upper number is divisible by 3. Double sharp 06:26, 15 September 2023 (UTC) "The time signature is a notational device representing the meter, which is an auditory feature of the music." (my italics) ...
as iv allready edited it in pyramid Song, its a constant repeat of 3+2+3 eigth, but then with an occasional shift of the first count of 3/8 forward. it starts with 5/8 11/8 5/8 11/8 5/8 8/8 8/8 11/8, and then the vocals start with 5/8 8/8 3/8· Lygophile has spoken 21:50, 14 May 2007 (UTC)