Alternatives to 4/4 patterns...

[d_word]

And the influence of African slaves on European music -- a music informed by Christianity and composed by those contracted by royalty -- seems very, very absurd.

The popular syncopation on two and four is correct, though. And its African origin

All European music (folk songs, shanties etc ??? not classical.) were in 3/4 time, up until the introduction of the influence of African music, through slaves.

There's people spending their whole lives researching early music history, you don't have to, you know ... make shit up.

 

[monty]

went down to hear the Don Ellis Band and they only played one tune in 4/4....................."Take 5"

 

[Bapt]

Yup, Don Ellis is known to be a specialist of those weird time signatures

 

[Mr_Lee_PHD]

I like the time signtaure in that Goblin track some dude posted ages ago.

 

[Strider79it]

 

[jandara]

Also I know Dj Shaddow was very much on a non-linier tip when creating his last lp.

 

[Swayze]

went down to hear the Don Ellis Band and they only played one tune in 4/4....................."Take 5"

What?! Was it kind of an inside joke? since take 5 is probably the most popular 5/4 song ever... or maybe even ONLY popular 5/4 song ever.

And I think some people are confusing time signatures with rhythm. 4/4 has been around forever. Slaves introduced african rhythms to western music. From the little african music that i've heard, the time signatures were all over the place a lot of times, not strictly 4/4.

Bach broke away from 4/4 all the time.

And beethoven was NOT black.


Debussy tried his hand at ragtime.


A lot of blues songs may 'sound' like they are just a slow 4/4, but are actually a syncopated 6/8.

 

[Strider79it]

And beethoven was NOT black.

bach was

A lot of blues songs may 'sound' like they are just a slow 4/4, but are actually a syncopated 6/8.

 

[squiid]

My guess would b that 4/4 came from one of these bad boys:

(no surgery)