What the heck is the time signature for Fly Me To The Moon? Real Book = 3/4 Ralph Patt Vanilla Changes and www.realbook.us = 4/4 Musescore = 5/4 Playground Sessions = 4/2 I usually prefer Ralph Patt (RIP) Vanilla Changes because it allows me a lot of freedom and ease to create my own chord extensions and substitutions; plus, he was a very experienced player, so I tend to accept his 4/4 for this song. I'd appreciate any input from the learned members of Talk Bass!
its in 4/4. I play jazz for a living and never have even heard a version of it in 3/4. I'd love to find it though.. But yeah fly me to the moon is in 4/4.
Play it as you will. Obviously the tune can take it. Nice 3/4 version above! Oh, look--cut time bossa nova, too:
I think most of us are familiar with the 4/4 version (Sinatra come to my mind) with t a lot of swing on it. But as proven above, it has been done in a 3/4 waltz. I guess you could say the original version is "right" (don't know which that is), but that's the fun things about jazz - you can spin things anyway you can imagine it.
Here is a link to my bass score I did a few years ago if your looking for one: http://bit.ly/1pjiplc Link to video: Cheers