This is an original song I'm working on, but I'm bad with time signatures. Can some one help me figure out what time this is in? Thanks.
https://clyp.it/3rgjgzgf
https://clyp.it/3rgjgzgf
It could be 4/4. But I would prefer to score it as 7/8.
What are you, just trying to be difficult?
It could be 4/4. But I would prefer to score it as 7/8.
The score looks a bit more sensible in 7/8 rather than 4/4.
However, what is missing is context (e.g. like the rest of the song), and that would give some clues as to how one should view the tempo.
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That's a much better and simpler way of explaining it. That's exactly what's going on.There's emphasis on 1,4,7,10 (13+15) but they're still just plain ol' 16th notes.
It's not the same pattern. It's similar, but not the same thing at all.Just to be contrary, I figured I would put together something the way I heard it.
30 sec sample in 7/4
Sorry, she's wrong. That doesn't even make sense. You count to the tempo. You can't make up your own speed to count something. Yes, you can count 16th notes or 8th notes instead of quarter notes. So, you can technically say a song is 8/8,16/16, etc....but the lowest common denominator is still what it is.My sister, when discussing timne signatures, always used to say it depends on how fast you count.
It can't be anything else, no matter how someone tries to change it, count it, explain it, or rationalize it. This is a perfect example of something extremely simple being made into something less simple.Nevertheless I agree it's 4/4
I do that all the time. I don't know tempos or time signatures or how to figure any of it out, but I can count, and when most people count 1-2-3-4, I count it as 12341234. That's just the way I've always done it. I guess I live by the 8th note? If I'm doing a song that is technically 160 bpm, I'll set the clicker to 320. I'm just more comfortable like that.You can't make up your own speed to count something.
Yeah, you can do that. I explained that above. You can count 8th notes instead of quarter notes. It doesn't change the lowest common denominator. You'll come up 8/8 because you counted 8 8th notes. That's still the same as 4/4. You didn't count at some sub-division weird-ass speed that made you come up with 11/8 or something. You're not doing anything wrong.I do that all the time. I don't know tempos or time signatures or how to figure any of it out, but I can count, and when most people count 1-2-3-4, I count it as 12341234. That's just the way I've always done it. I guess I live by the 8th note? If I'm doing a song that is technically 160 bpm, I'll set the clicker to 320. I'm just more comfortable like that.
You're not doing anything wrong.