[QUOTE=AimlessDave]I guess you could say that the very first part of System of a Down's song "Prison Song" is in 1/1. It just goes BAM! And that's the whole measure.[/QUOTE]

OR, the rested for the beginning 3 beats of the song and started on the 4th beat. OR they had a pickup. Theres no such measure as 1/1. I've never heard the song though, so i can't speak for sure.

[QUOTE=Anarchy for the UK]a lot of rush's stuff has weird time signatures. i think la villa strangiato has something like 3/5[/QUOTE]
We've been over this.

Although, I have been thinking, can't it be technically feasible for there to be a number that isnt a multiple of 4 as the bottom number?

[QUOTE=HaVIC5]..you're right, 5/8 and 7/8 does make it a little easier to think in.[/QUOTE]
I always try to break a complex rhythm in two.

Most rock, metal, and fusion lines are pretty simple to split into a few odd parts, as compared to taking on the whole mess at once.

heh heh, i reckon Slipknots Everything Ends, that chorus is pretty ****ed up lol

wow, i'm somewhat surprised that no one has mentioned 'electric dreams, electric sighs' from jm's 'electric dreams' lp. 23/8, and freakin' hard to play.

by the way, i have seen sheet music in 3/5. it's indian notation, and can be worked out to a 2.4 beat measure over a song played in 4, which is nearly typical of asian music. Normally in indian music, however, the time signature switches every 2 measures (see guardian angels, 5/4 *2, 3/4 *2), so 3/5 is just jazz for them.

yes and phish use some pretty wacked time signatures.

the bass on the soft part on mudvayne's severed....I had to listen to the song about 20 times in a row to get it right

[QUOTE=disasterpiece_012345678_515]the bass on the soft part on mudvayne's severed....I had to listen to the song about 20 times in a row to get it right[/QUOTE]
Good song.

there was this one genesis song with an insane time signature (sorry, forgot the name) and in some interview they said they loved seeing people dance to it, look confused for a second, and start dancing again...

wow

yeah def. tool
 

i think that tool would take that b/c they switch time sig. like i eat food (fast and often) so tool has my vote

[QUOTE=Kwash2]We've been over this.

Although, I have been thinking, can't it be technically feasible for there to be a number that isnt a multiple of 4 as the bottom number?[/QUOTE]

I think there is... for example... If you want to write down a 3/4 in triplets, you can make it a 9/8 or a 9/9, after all, a 3/4 in triplets means the measure is divided in 9 pieces... But that's just my weird brain thinking....

odd, but seems no one's mentioned Mudvayne. not like i'm a hardcore fan (or even know what time sig's they normally play) or anything, but it used to seem if friends talked about weird sig's, someone would bring them up. i think i vaguely remember something about a 9/16, but could be way off.

err... stand corrected, someone did bring them up. disregard my previous comment, and this one, too.

you should have signed out: with disregards, ShiningFate. lol

Ironically, many people are ignorant to the fact that a song could be plain 4/4, and still sound just as rhythmically complicated as something in 13/8. See 'Peace One'. I love that bass line.

I think Dream Theater's Dance Of Eternity wins.

The Dillinger Escape Plan.

Well, I guess since it's already bumped (by spammers mind you), I'll post.

I dont feel dissonant time signatures are worth mentioning if they're unlistenable.

[QUOTE=CocaineAndCrucifixes]Well, I guess since it's already bumped (by spammers mind you), I'll post.

I dont feel dissonant time signatures are worth mentioning if they're unlistenable.[/QUOTE]

Are you reffering to my post?

Not at all, I just meant in general.

My primary example is Meshuggah. Most of their polyrhythms dont sound good.

"Portraits of Tracy" by Jaco P. is just like a song hey wrote while jaming and there is not really time signature. But to tab it out, the Guitar Pro file I have jund between different time signature in ajacent measure. It goes from 15/8 to 6/8 in one measure to 17/8 in the next or crazy things like that.

The other band I can think of is Meshuggah.

obviously dream theater has many songs where they constantly keep the /8 or /16 the same while shifting the top from 5-6-7-9.
octavarium has sections where it's in 3/16 etc.

easiest way to play (if there is one) polyrhythms is just to ignore the fact that the time signature is changing. unless you're a drummer. just get it in your ear as to how it goes and play.

First of all, The Ocean is in 15/8

Noones mentioned[B] Gates of Delirium [/B]by Yes? Not much can top that.
This encouraged me to count out some tool songs...
Tool - Undertow 11/8 at end.. in the middle though 13/8 + 15/8 for about a minute or so.
Tool - The part in Jambi at 3:44. Whaa???
Same with the guitar at the end of Rosetta Stoned. Danny n Justin don't even try to follow it. :p
Primus - 11 11/8

My band's songs are mainly in 4/4, but there are a fair share in 3/4, 6/4, and there are alot of parts in our songs that have 7/4 and 9/8... 7/4 is used alot, not sure how though...:lol:

But Dream Theater's Dance Of Eternity has alot.

I can't even tell when a song is in a different time signature. I just ask my brother if it sounds weird. So basically any Tool song I listen to I ask him. :lol:

[SIZE=2]Just count quarter notes. one, two, three, four, and just keep counting until a new measure starts. Somehow, you just KNOW when the new measure comes. It just comes naturally for me.[/SIZE]

I saw a transcription of a Zappa song in 34/16.

teh weird

17/8

[QUOTE=King_Of_Terrors][SIZE=2]Just count quarter notes. one, two, three, four, and just keep counting until a new measure starts. Somehow, you just KNOW when the new measure comes. It just comes naturally for me.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
It's the counting that people don't get at first.

Tool-Right in Two 11/4

[QUOTE=King_Of_Terrors]17/8[/QUOTE]
It's a time signature, not a fraction.