Heres a fun one. For those of you who know what time signatures are, Trent uses some great atypical ones (i.e. not 4/4, 3/4, or 6/8, or at least mixing and matching those within the song). Examples: March of the Pigs - The verses are three measures of 7/8 followed by one measure of 4/4 (Or possibly 8/8. It sounds to me like the eighth note gets the beat the whole way through the pattern). One of the differences between it and All The Pigs, All Lined Up is that one adds the eighth beat to those 7/8 measures, making it a straight 4/4. The Becoming - Except for the parts with the acoustic strumming, it follows a pattern of one 7/4 measure followed by one 6/4 measure. Could also be interpreted as 4/4 - 3/4 - 4/4 - 2/4, but I think the drum part leans more toward the other. Eraser - 6/4 until the last part. The Fragile - Not a time signature thing, but he skips the last beat of the second line in the first chorus. Its a completely one-time thing, and Ive always liked that. Just Like You Imagined - You could interpret this a few ways, like The Becoming, but based on the drum part I think its 4/4 - 6/8 - 6/8. La Mer - Piano part is in 3/4, drums are in 4/4. This one might cheat a little. I know the two parts were unrelated at first when recording and he time-shifted the drum part to fit. Demon Seed - 6/4 all the way through. He even counts to six a couple times. I bet there are some nice loose uses of time in Ghosts, but Ive never explored that album with that in mind. Im usually paying more attention to the sounds and compositions. Any others you know?
Posted on: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:22:35 +0000
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