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    Posted: December 15 2007 at 00:44
Just wonder what my fellow prog-head feel about this song? I always like this song it is just great early candidate of Math Rock even if the genre was not invented. Could someone explain the time changes in this song if you know?
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Points: 8844 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 00:48
Most of it's in 4/4, except for a couple sections in triple-meter.  It's not really very complicated.  

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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 00:54
It's a classic Beatles song. One of the best and most memorable on The White Album.
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Points: 44 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 15 2007 at 03:26
Originally posted by rileydog22 rileydog22 wrote:

Most of it's in 4/4, except for a couple sections in triple-meter.  It's not really very complicated.  
 
Happiness Is A Warm Gun I read was a polyrhythm they did some interesting things.
 
3/4 meter ("Lucy in the Sky")
Changing meters but keeping the same beat ("Back in the U.S.S.R")
Changing the meter between various compound and simple meters ("Strawberry Fields Forever")
Irregular accents ("A Day in the Life")
 
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Points: 3491 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 10:40
What about I am the walrus? i dnt know anything about time signtures but this beatles song allways sounded pretty wierd to me. I love it ofc but it sound very difrent from the other stuff they did imo.
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Points: 29625 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2007 at 11:26
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