Fernito Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Either for composing or listening. I was thinking about that the other day. I remember that when I started making music, almost everything that came out was on 6/8 time signature. I also remember that back in those days I tried to make a 5/4 song, and it came out pretty awful hahaha. Currently, since I make music for my prog metal band, I usually compose using variable time signature, but I've come to the conclusion that my favorite one is 7/8. Despite being a not so common signature, for some reason it comes out very naturally for me. I also think that songs in 7/8 are kind of elegant, don't know why What about you? You have a favourite time sig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocre Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I pretty much just force everything to be 4/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Syne Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 16/4 just to be fancy, i use it occasionally because it makes it easier to force loads of different time signatures together (like 5/4 then 4/4 then 3/4 then 4/4), makes it easier for me to write interesting rhythms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I used to play with time sigs a lot before. Great learning tool. As much as I like 5/4, I'd have to say triplets are my thing now. Might not count tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 3/4 is signature of kings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relyanCe Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 common time for commonlu mediocre musicians like myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanthos Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I enjoy playing in weird time signatures more, or even in 3/4 or 6/8. Taking a song in 3/4 and adapting it to 5/8 is always fun. One of my favourite is in 22/8, with weird groupings until you stop to count it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkeSword Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 7/4, 7/8, pretty much anything irregular or compound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I personally enjoy listening to fun stuff like 6/8, or the triplet-stuff, like 9/8 and what not, though most songs I do listen to end up in 4/4, really. The far-out stuff (and I mean that tenuously), like 5/4, 11/8, and 7/4, are really fun and off-beat, and I would love to try to write something in one of those keys if I had the skill (well, I have the skill for 5/4, but the other stuff just sounds forced). The closest I've gotten to writing something "out there" was a piano song in 5/8... And I'm thinking that was just a 6/8 song that I really messed up on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSori Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 7/8 is a favorite of mine, both for listening and playing. I also really like 12/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenogu Labz Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I love 7/ time, though 5/ is pretty awesome too; it takes some skill to make those strong, though. 6/ time is also pretty sweet when used well. And anything syncopated is awesome. EDIT: Waaait, this is a favorites topic, isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 5/4 is fun, but I like 7/4 better I've been fooling around with it lately. Anything polyrhythmic is a ton of fun to try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambinate Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 EDIT: Waaait, this is a favorites topic, isn't it. itt we get hosed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Being a huge dream theater fan I like weird ones like 21/16. Also quite partial to 5/4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monobrow Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 omg it depends on the song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rozovian Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Should have seen what this is earlier. mandatory favorites topic lulz post, or fanboi/h8r/flame/youtube parody: no u guy's r wrong 7/8 SUXXXX 5/4 is teh r0xx0rz!!! all teh good songs r like 5/4 10/4 and n00bz like 7/4 u guy's r idots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtuse Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I am a fan of 4/4 right now. It's the most comfortable for me to write with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril the Wolf Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Hmmm... I wrote a song in 11/16, but that was more becuase I specifically had the riff drop that many 16th notes from 4/4 (in this case 5) It went to 4/4 for the chorus. It depends on the song, I'm arranging a bluesy number that has some 5/4 6/4 switching because its a nice feeling as opposed to just using 4/4 But anyway, I don't really care most of the time becuase its just a number. Fave is 7/8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ella guro Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 whatever time signature(s) this song is in: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYdjQCrO_xM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 Oh no favorites thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernito Posted June 10, 2010 Author Share Posted June 10, 2010 I'm kind of new here. What's the problem with favourites threads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoeTaKa Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 omg it depends on the song! this lovely girl said it in one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I hate time signatures, so my favorites are when they're nominally used. Straviniiiiiiinsky. And this explains Favorites threads in detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fratto Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I like 4/4 and don't understand this fascination with compound meter. Though is kinda cool every now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergonaleash Posted June 10, 2010 Share Posted June 10, 2010 I was writing this song that shuffled between 5/4 and 12/4 and I think it slipped into 3/4 for a couple measures every so often. It kinda pissed me off. It didn't feel forced and flowed pretty well though, so that was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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