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- noun Alternative form of
time signature .
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Examples
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The originals boasted Moshier's "Saturnine," Allemana's "This Way, This Time" with lyrics by Sullivan which, she confessed, she'd only finished about an hour before the show, and Sullivan's own "I Am Not," with its floor-dropping time-signature shifts in the bridge.
Robert Rodi: Four Horns, One Siren: Black Bear Combo and the Rebecca Sullivan Quintet Robert Rodi 2010
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The syncopation and abrupt time-signature changes would be nearly impossible for most guitarists to pull off at half the speed.
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No Shit's sample and time-signature switch of julie london's "cry me a river" is brilliant!
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And this music is no walk in the park - littered with key changes, time-signature craziness, and a touch of opera, it was a tour de force on behalf of everyone in it.
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And this music is no walk in the park - littered with key changes, time-signature craziness, and a touch of opera, it was a tour de force on behalf of everyone in it.
labor day epidural 2006
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They definitely qualify as jamband Phish-style stuff, but with some serious time-signature & key changes that are the hallmark of progrock, and throw in some Jaco Pastorious covers, but mostly original compositions.
Uncle Sammy badger 2001
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He sailed through the time-signature test with A Raggy Waltz (6/8 time), Dance of the Shadows (5/4) and Autumn in Our Town (3/4).
Evening Standard - Home Jack Massarik 2011
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"Church on White," a choice cut from his 2001 solo debut, also suffered from uninterested singing, as did "Spazz," which otherwise lived up to its title, with the Jicks remaining in the pocket despite the song's disorienting time-signature shifts.
PhillyClout 2011
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Rush: a philosophical viewpoint both introduced and summarized, a plethora of notes, at least one major time-signature change and a meaty (if not quite necessary) instrumental passage.
JSOnline.com 2010
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Rush: a philosophical viewpoint both introduced and summarized, a plethora of notes, at least one major time-signature change and a meaty (if not quite necessary) instrumental passage.
JSOnline.com 2010
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