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Old 08-02-2007, 05:08 PM
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Odd Meter Riffs


Anyone got any good Odd time sig riffs ala "Erotomania"? I'm just looking for some ideas to get me started
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Old 08-02-2007, 05:34 PM
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cynic, tool, necrophagist, and sikth are a few popular ones that use allot of unusual time sigs. tool really helped me to understand the mechanics of unusual time sig writing.
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Old 08-03-2007, 12:30 AM
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I suggest taking a look at Tool's "Schism". The song uses a huge variety of odd time signatures.
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Old 08-03-2007, 02:12 AM
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Ok I'll check it out
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Old 08-03-2007, 01:16 PM
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Check out some King Crimson.

Robert Fripp is the king of odd time signatures, and a very underrated player in my opinion.

Rock on!
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Meshuggah. Pretty much anything they've ever done - but Chaosphere's a good starting point. Stay away from "I" and "Catch 33" if you're just getting started. Those are morse-coded sentences posing as time-signatures.
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Old 08-03-2007, 02:14 PM
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The very best odd-meter songs and riffs are the ones where you are almost unaware that it is written in an odd-meter. It should be smooth and rhythmic.

Yes has a number of songs that involve odd meters. Most of "Awaken" is in 11/8 or 11/4. "Mother" from the Police is in 7/4. "Money" from Pink Floyd is also in 7/4.
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I like the song "Follow" by incubus. I'm pretty sure that it goes from 4/8 up to 9/8. It's hard to tell because changes practically every measure!

If you want to listen to a very, very strange song with lots of time signatures look up "Write of Spring". That song is just...wow.
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I like the song "Follow" by incubus. I'm pretty sure that it goes from 4/8 up to 9/8. It's hard to tell because changes practically every measure!

If you want to listen to a very, very strange song with lots of time signatures look up "Write of Spring". That song is just...wow.
Are you referring to Stravinsky? Pure Genius!
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cynic, tool, necrophagist, and sikth are a few popular ones that use allot of unusual time sigs. tool really helped me to understand the mechanics of unusual time sig writing.
Also add Porcupine Tree to that list - they're MUCH more subtle, but they're a great example of how to work odd time riffing and compound time signatures into a "pop" song structure. The guitar/drum groove for the verse of "Open Car" is just seriously cool - it's like Meshuggah for Radiohead fans.
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Old 08-03-2007, 10:19 PM
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Anyone got any good Odd time sig riffs ala "Erotomania"? I'm just looking for some ideas to get me started
Listen to Planet X. The kings of odd time sigs.

www.myspace.com/planetxsite (At least check out "Ataraxia" on that page)

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Robert Fripp is the king of odd time signatures
Naaaawwww. That'd be Virgil Donati. I like Fripp, though. He's a good man.
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Old 08-04-2007, 05:04 PM
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Led-Zep black dog (hey hey mama...)
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