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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:57:41 EST
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- From: Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Time signatures
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:31:03 GMT from <hjv@PHIL.RUU.NL>
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- On Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:31:03 GMT Hendrik Jan Veenstra said:
- >
- >O, and another funny example crosses my mind. I've always loved "Golden Brown"
- >from the Stranglers -- a plain 3/4 with an occasional 4/4 mixed in, which
- >"throws you off your feet" somehow. I always thought they deserved to have
- >a hit with this song, not just because (as opposed to nearly all other 'pop')
- >they use a strange (and basically non-commercial) time-division, but also
- >because the song is centered around vocals and harpsichord (which isn't too
- >commercial either IMO :).
- >
- Oh, I dunno, Leonhart & Harnoncourt seem to do ok with it (-:
-
- Actually, it is just this mixing of time that catches me the most about
- early music, where nothing is all that regular any more once you get to the
- Renaissance; even dance music has usually got a switch from duple to triple
- or vice versa somewheres along the way. You build a lot of energy into the
- music when you do this sort of thing. . . .
-