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Topic: Which time signature is more progressive? Posted: April 21 2009 at 00:47
5/4 always feels non-progressive to me, because Radiohead (a non-prog band) uses it a lot. Thought "Fandango" had the most glorious 5/4 composition ever.
7/4, on the other hand, is used extensively by Daniels and Steven Wilson and Tool and the like.
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 01:38
Well, I think that the harmonic language of the piece is way more important than it's time signature, and there are still other factors like counterpoint or orchestration to be considered. If we must talk strictly about time sigs though, I feel that the best way is to change one (odd-timed of course) every other bar or so! Excess baby!!!
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 02:21
I would say 7/8. Especially in progressive metal. In Symphonic prog and more "classic" prog, it would have to be 9/8, and 11/8 for KC...
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 03:13
5/4 and 7/4or7/8 is pretty standard for prog I don't think 6/8 is that progressive its the same as 3/4 which is waltz time and fairly common outside prog.
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 08:41
First time I listened to Apocalypse 9/8, I couldn't even catch up with the riff & solo. Second time, I knew what was coming & understood the time signature; I was pretty blown away. Third time I listened to the song was the single greatest music listening experience. I vote 9/8 due to special pleading.
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Posted: April 21 2009 at 08:57
5 is kind of happy go lucky, 7 is a tripping over itself sound that I like quite a bit. 9 is very cool and allows for subdividing many ways, probably the most possibility. 11 is just a compound and can feel like anything from just a chopped eighth to whatever you're compounding. 6 because it lends itself so well to subdividing two very accessible but very different ways, can be extremely progressive.
Eventually when you're doing compounds, you're just playing feel and no one actually cares what the time signature is. The intro to "Firth of Fifth" is a great example. If you look at the sheet music, it look horrendous, but it's actually just lots of different compound eighth groupings that make perfect sense if you let your ear guide rather than your math brain.
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