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Old 06-09-2010, 04:58 PM
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Time ignature in Mars Volta's "Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus"

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Starting at 4:19 i'm not sure how to count it...Maybe 15/8? But that seems wrong sometimes...Help..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnFKTNC77I

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Old 06-09-2010, 07:13 PM
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15/8 is accurate. I'm hearing it as 5/4 then 6/4 then 4/4 which = 15/4 or 15/8. It's that hi-hat playing behind the beat that makes it sound so weird when you're trying to count it, for me at least.

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Old 10-28-2010, 09:11 PM
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Eh I'm counting 9/8, 12/8 (6/4), 8/8.
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Old 10-29-2010, 09:51 AM
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I've always seen it described as 29/16.
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