found a 9/8 while finishing up dragon maid
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Odd time signatures in anime
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Jackson Barnes
weird one in yuruyuri first meeting with chizuru in the library seems to be a syncopated 8/8 (!!)
8/8 is weird enough on its own but it doesnt line up nicely with where the downbeats fall
Michael Foster
There's 5/4 in Monogatari.
Charles Barnes
>Time signatures
>9/8
>8/8
>5/4
Explain what this means, nerds
Luke Roberts
It means it belongs in Yea Forums
Robert Fisher
Musical division of beats.
9/8 means there are 9 beats per measure of music, and that the 8th note is the designation for how long the beat lasts. 6/4 would mean 6 beats per measure with a quarter note as the beat length designation.
Most standard compositions are done in 3/4, 4/4 or 6/8 time signatures
Evan Allen
To add to this, it usually also contains an implication about how the rhythm is supposed to be felt. For example, 3/4 and 6/8 are technically the same, but in 3/4, you have three groupings of 2 8th notes whereas in 6/8, you have two groupings of 3 8th notes.
Adam Rogers
5/4 though that's probably one of the less unusual things about it
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Benjamin Jones
Probably at least one track of aira anime soundtrack
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Ryan Powell
Trained anons, what timing is Houseki no Kuni's 'Danger' in? Sounds like some kind of 12/8 + something else compound but I can't really get a feel for it. In any case, much of the soundtrack has some weird gamelan-influenced stuff going on.
Aaron Ward
I would notate that in 3/4 and 180 bpm.
Cameron Hall
Azumanga Daioh has 7/4 in the chorus
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Benjamin Jenkins
I'm not sure what time signature this is in
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Brayden Nelson
I'm not crying you're crying.
Brody Anderson
the ost is one of the best parts of the show. glad they masumi ito in on this project
Hunter Evans
4/4, but in the verse, it has some individual 2/4 bars.
Ryder Gomez
And raspberry heaven is in 6/4-5/4.
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Carson Hernandez
Evangelion must have some.
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Wyatt Brooks
That one is in 4/4.
Nathan Powell
Good thread but my autism forces me to note that there are plenty of unusual rhythms that are still in 3, 4 or 6. Time signatures weren't made to acknowledge syncopation and so do a pretty poor job of representing the rhythm of a piece of music.
Hunter Brown
That's true, and they also fail to represent polyrhythms and polymeters. Moreover, music isn't a competition of who can write the most complex or unusual rhythms, because if it was, everything would sound like shit.