I counted out 7/8, I think. Also this art of mother brain is terrifying
Counting in my head and yeah youāre right.
Thereās also the boss theme that plays for Kraid/Crocomire/etc., whichā¦ I have no idea what thatās in. Iāll have to listen to it later. Itās probably multiple irregular sigs all throughout.
Sounds to me like itās 15/8 with 4/4 @ the 14 seconds mark until the loop
More Metroid!
This sounds like 13 to me (with a couple measures 12). How do I figure out the denominator in the time signature? Iāve never understood how I can tell if theyāre quarters or eighths or what.
Well: Iād say that as a matter of emphasis it changes between complementary 6/8 and 4/4. But it hardly matters.
This one is easy! Almost all complex rhythms break down into duples and triples. This one is a classic example.
ONE two
ONE two
ONE two three
You donāt. Itās a writing convention; quarters, eighths etc are all completely relative to each other in whatever piece of music is under consideration.
Generally people would visualize āfasterā beats as /8 and āslowerā beats as /4. Other time signatures are pretty pointless outside of specific situations, even written, and Iād be skeptical that you could āhearā them.
As for Norfair, Iād probably write it as alternating measures of 6/4 and 7/4. That would be easiest to read.
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This is just in regular old triple meter. 3/4 or 6/8.
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7 + 6, or 13/8.
I have no idea what this is.
3 3 3 4
3 3 4
Call it what you want. I imagine some percussion ensemble composer would write this as 6/8 + 7/8 + 10/8.
Yo does FF13 have a secret awesome funk soundtrack that I donāt know about? Or is just this one theme because, you know. Black guy.
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That Risk of Rain track has an even 7 on 5. Nice polyrhythm.
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Oh, wow, youāre right. The end of that song is really nice.
More Risk of Rain:
Iām hearing 3+2+3+3, so 11/8?
This is a mixture of 3/4, 2/4, 5/4, and 4/4.
Somehow, itās still basically 4/4 at ~101 BPM. Seems corrupted at any rate.
Dunno for a few of these Spelunky songs. Some of them seemingly change a lot.
https://youtu.be/8t-AyG-Ur48
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Canāt track; eventually settles into 6/4
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Compound rhythms are cool as hell. They often take the form of a consistent rhythm where a beat is added or subtracted at an unusual place. When added, it gives the passage a lingering, weightless feel; when subtracted, it gives the passage a stuttering, rushed feel. Mainstream example: Metallica does this a lot on Puppets and Lightning.
E.g. in that last Spelunky track you posted, the opening āverseā line is 5 + 6 + 5 + 5. So it feels like itās āin 5,ā but the second measure has an extra beat thrown in.
There are very few songs that are truly āin 11ā or whatever. The brain doesnāt seem to follow more than a handful of beats at a time, and will inevitably break down rhythms into these comprehensible chunks instead. Pieces that are truly unbreakably in 11 or 13 or whatever wacky number end up simply sounding ambient, or random. The Spelunky tracks are catchy and listenable precisely because they are unconsciously break-down-able.
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