The Steel Guitar Forum

At a jam a long time ago: Q) Yeesh, what key is that guy singing in? A) He's been through most of them!

At least Country songs have simple time signatures. Have you ever heard one of the dysrhythmic trying to sing the Beatles' song "All you Need is Love" - with alternate bars of 4/4 and 3/4.
Then imagine two girls doing it together- well actually, nowhere near together- but sharing a karaoke mic.
Why did I not leave, you ask?
It was at my nephews wedding in a part of a town (Bradford) where you needed a local guide to get across the car park safely.

What's worse, is I know several steel players that suffer from the same problem.
It's just impossible for these guys to play with a band....

Dave,

That Beatles pattern can also be written as a 7/4 time signature -- where the accent is: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A guy called "Moon Dog" in NY City used to do stuff in 7/4 and 5/4 when jamming with some of the members of the NY Philharmonic. He was blind, wore an army blanket for clothing and played drums that he called "Trimbas" which were triangular in shape. He played on the street across from Radio City Music Hall for any change the public may throw in his can. In addition to playing 7/4 and 5/4 rhythms, he would play some selections in "5/4 against 7/4" with each hand playing a different time signature. Wierd character. I met him in the late 40's after reading about him in "Life" magazine.

Maybe those "time jumpers" we are talking about in this thread are really highly astute musicians singing in 7/4 against 5/4 -- and we are just not astute enough to recognize it??????????????

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This is EXACTLY how the Time Jumpers got their name.

From following rhythmic dyslexic singers. LOL>