Favorite Time Signature?

Hehe... I'm just trying to post a few fun topics >.> Is there any specific time signature you like? For what reasons etc. etc.

For some reason I NEVER was able to write in 3/4 last year, but now I'm writing all my stuff in it, not realizing it. ^_^ So 3/4 is kinda one of my favorites now. I just like all the stuff you can make in it. Other time signatures... 4/4, 5/4, 7/4, 2/4, 7/8, etc. etc.

Please list why you like the certain time signature =P

- Leon

You should list to us why you like 3/4! :P

My favorite is 7/8! A lot of pop songs can be made a whole lot more interesting if you drop a hanging 8th note at the end of bars! Think of the Beatles' 'Come Together' in 7/8, just drop the extra 8th at the end of every bar! ;) It so lilting and irregular, like the downbeat is really impatient and just steps all over the previous bar! Plus, it's fun to write in, and to play.

i like 5/8 the most. :P it makes music seem really.. fun in a fast tempo.

also for the reason that nick said.

I love 3/4, 3-6-9-12/8 and the like.

I guess I didn't really list why Nick ^_^ I meant to say I like the patterns and rythyms (I can NEVER spell that word) of it alot. Yeah... Stuff like that. It gets annoying though when I'm writing in it and I think of a new part to put in that's in 4/4 >.>

7/8... I played a Bartok dance in 7/8... ROCKED! I like that time signature too. It always just felt like it left somethin' hanging, which I loved.

i like 4/4 and occasionally 3/4 because im a lazy and unadventurous sod.

Mark

Usually I write in 4/4

but...I do really like odd meters: 5/4, 7/4

I like 6/8 and 2/2 I.e. cut time the most probably.

Also 3/4 and 4/4 are great of course.

7/8 can ocassionally be ok, but usually it's just annoying, and doesn't serve much purpose except being 'quirky'.

I'm ready to soak up the abuse for that :(

6/8 = okay.

2/2 = good, use it lots

3/4 = i use this as an alternative to 6/8, i double the tempo and write what would be eights as quarters

4/4 = i use this for slower passages.

7/8 = no. it sounds bleh. but i love 5/8.

I actually can't stand 5/8. I don't know why, but I just hate it.

5/4's cool though, and the same with 7/8 and 7/4. I really like when composers combine many time signatures in a piece (Equus by Eric Whiticare), certain combinations can get a really good feel. Right now I'm working on one that uses 5/4 and 6/4 combos.

~Kal

_Oh, I also hate 2/2, 3/2, and anything else/2.

Most of Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff, is in /2 meters. It makes it slightly hard to read, especially when he goes to /1 meters!! Rediculous.

"3/4 = i use this as an alternative to 6/8, i double the tempo and write what would be eights as quarters"

Hmm.... you know 6/8 is NOT just half of 3/4?

yes i know. but it's so much easier for me to do it that way, and it sounds the same.

Well then you're using 6/8 wrong. There are two dotted crotchet beats in a measure of 6/8... i.e. not 3 beats... 6/8 and 3/4 are not interchangeable.

i know.. i just... don't like it. i'd much rather double the tempo and write the eights as quarters in 3/4, or in 6/4.

I like songs in 7/8. I saw a song that was 66/8 but it was just a joke. I wrote a song that was 48/32. I threw it away though.

I like songs in 7/8. I saw a song that was 66/8 but it was just a joke. I wrote a song that was 48/32. I threw it away though.

Good. If you didn't I'd have to shoot you and anyone who played it.:ninja:

~Kal

_I always thought 3/4 and 6/8 were pretty interchangeable. Even though they're normally beamed differently, you could always accent beat 1 and the & of 2, and then beam the 8th notes in two groups instead of three...

I like songs in 7/8. I saw a song that was 66/8 but it was just a joke. I wrote a song that was 48/32. I threw it away though.

48/32 = 24/16 = 12/8 :ninja: So, that's not complexe.

15/8, beated as 5 groups of 3 or 3 groups of 5. Or totally irregular subdivisions. I come up with riffs in 11/8 on occasion too.

If I write in 4/4 my phrases usually aren't of equal length anyway, so it doesn't feel like 4/4.

If I write in 4/4 my phrases usually aren't of equal length anyway, so it doesn't feel like 4/4.

I second here. 4/4 is easier to use with complex rythmes unless you really need a very defined subgrouping of simple beats such as (3/8, 5/8, 7/8, etc... or the like).

6/8 is cool, I love the swing feel accompanied with it

I use mostly 5/4 because of mathematical matters:

x = Rnd [n^(n-2) / 100]

The easiest solution to this is n=5, x=5/4

By using some other algorithms, you can get out some good time signatures (4/4, 3/4, 7/8, 15/9)

yeah, well I like 5/4 because Tchaikovsk's sixth has a sweet "limping" waltz in that time signature but also because I like weird time signatures. Otherwise, 7/8 is cool and 6/8. but of course, you gotta love 4/4.

My favorite has to be either 5/4 or 5/8. I got to play Isle of the Dead by Rachmaninoff...one of my coolest performing experiences ever.

I have to say I love all odd meters first, and for some reason I have always composed alot in them. My favorite would have to be 15/8 cause it's unbalanced feeling but is easy to follow for the listener.