Prog Rock group Genesis, as with any Prog act, are notorious for unusual time signatures. As far as popular songs with odd time signatures go, this may be the most famous example. The Dark Side of the Moon single also features a passage of 4/4 for David Gilmour’s guitar solo. Pink Floyd are also notorious for their usage of 7/4 in the song Money. This is further confused by having the odd measure of 9/8. However, Kashmir reigns supreme with common time drums, but everything else in 3/4. Black Dog switches from common time to waltz, and then to 5/4.
Led Zeppelin also got caught with the mixed time signature bug. To think this is from the greatest boyband of all time. Strawberry Fields is another example of a song that features shifting time measures. Throughout the song it includes measures of 3/8, 5/4, 9/8, 10/8, 12/8, and more to name a few. During the ‘doowap’ section, it starts off in 4/4, moves over to 6/4 whilst the drums play 4/4. Built using segments written separately, the song is partially in 4/4, however there are some wild deviations. However the song for this list is the papier-mâché collage of Happiness is a Warm Gun. George Harrison’s relaxing ode to spirituality has a chorus of counting deviations per each line. Another famous song for tricky time signatures is Here Comes the Sun. The song is mostly in 4/4 until the bridge where it briefly goes into 3/4 for 4 bars. The most popular band of all time, The Beatles, were definitely not afraid to experiment with odd time signatures, or even dropping a bar into the middle of a song. A brilliant song covered by an array of featured artists, including this version by Aretha Franklin. Using both 10/4 and 11/4, as well as measures as common time. One of the most famous examples is from the song ‘Say a Little Prayer’ by Dionne Warwick. (Note, not the theme, just the standard Latin groove the theme uses)īurt Bacharach, writer extraordinaire, has dabbled in time signatures. This classic Latin groove is also the inspiration for the Doors ‘Break On Through’. The modern adaption still retains the 5/4 nature of the song.
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One of the best and most natural sounding 5/4 pieces, the theme used for both TV series and film, was written by Lalo Schfrin. There are several instances in soundtracks that used slightly odd time signatures. This song was unusual at its time, yet the popularity behind Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’ album and staple song has made Take Five by a subversion and trope setter in Jazz.Īnother early piece of 5/4 is the Mission Impossibly Theme. However, if I’m going to talk about 5/4 the best place to start with is Take Five. Blue Ronda A La Turk uses 9/8, Three to Get Ready switches between 3/4 and 4/4, and Castilian Blues is in 5/4. One of the most famous Jazz names, and equally famous songs, Mr Brubeck was notorious for his usage of playing with time signatures. The logical starting place, is with Dave Brubeck.
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If you want an explanation of time signatures then click here to jump to a quick guide. – Update also a very good resource is this article by Fraser Murray Rupak and Jhaptal are common musical ‘tala’ in Indian classical pieces.įor an extensive list of compositions and songs, you can head over to wikipedia or jump to the links at the bottom. Whilst researching this article, I discovered that Indian music is incredibly friendly to ‘uncommon’ time signatures. This is probably the likely case, but it does not always ring true. What is interesting is that some of the biggest most recognisable songs from artists, are seemingly what people would deem as ‘unfriendly for radio.’ There’s a notion that if the song is not strictly 4/4 you haven’t a hope that it will get exposure on radio. Also included are songs that flirt between and throw in unexpected moments of other time signatures. This is supposed to be a run down of the ‘history’ of contemporary music (anything 1940s onwards for this purpose). However we’re not going to into the level of Math Rock either… much. Lots of IDM, Math Rock, overtly Prog, and other genres really expand the usage of time signatures.īy ‘slightly odd’ time signatures, I was primarily thinking of time signatures that deviate from either standard 4/4 (or equivalent ’rounded’ time signatures) or a Waltzing 3/4. Whilst there are entire genres, bands, and lesser known material that utilise the practice of time signature variation, it is somewhat of a rarity for popular songs that get radio exposure.
I’ve gathered a collection of some of the more famous examples of songs in slight odd signatures. Time signatures when used correctly can add other dimensions to a song, a feeling of awkwardness, incompleteness, shuffling dancing, rushing. Time signatures, a musicians best friend if used wisely.
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