YYZ Morse Code rhythm
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Topic: YYZ Morse Code rhythm
Posted By: Hiram
Subject: YYZ Morse Code rhythm
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 07:15
A friend brought the following to my attention:
I'm sure there are other songs as well that have been musically influenced by patterns or series of numbers or alphabet. Can anyone point out examples? I know of serialism in classical music but I was thinking about this in (prog)rock context. |
Toronto's Pearson International Airport broadcasts Y-Y-Z in Morse code for navigational purposes; this code inspired both the rhythms and title of the song "YYZ".Replies:
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 15:11
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Don't know if anyone's done it for reals, but I think the rhythm mentioned in this comic would make for an interesting song:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=909 - http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=909
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 15:16
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The vocal syllables in Tool's song "Lateralus" are based on the Fibonacci sequence. The concept is quite ingenious. ------------- 
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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 15:17
Isn't the drum beat or time signature also based on that? Although it's still a painfully boring song. ;-) ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Angelo
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 15:42
Like the Fibonacci sequence itself I guess - unless you are a math addict.  ------------- http://www.iskcrocks.com" rel="nofollow - ISKC Rock Radio I stopped blogging and reviewing - so won't be handling requests. Promo's for ariplay can be sent to [email protected] |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 15:55
I will forget your comment for now on this flawless, epic, and energetic wonderful song.
But as for the time signatures, most of the song is in either 5/4 or 6/8. The choruses do something interesting though.
If I were to write out the time signatures of the chorus on sheet music to make it easiest to play reading the sheet music, I would probably write out the measures like this:
3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4 + 2/4 + 3/4 + 4/4
Sorry if it's confusing, but it's just the way I think. If you group the time signatures into when the chords change, it looks like this:
(3/4 + 3/4 + 3/4) (3/4 + 3/4 + 2/4) (3/4 + 4/4)
So essentially it could be notated as:
(9/4) + (8/4) + (7/4) Or ([9+8+7]/4)
987 is the 16th number in the fibonacci sequence.
And yes, I am mathematically inclined. -------------
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 18:27
Damn, how could I have forgotten about that. I need to go back to prog school.....
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