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==Time signatures in Zappa's works==
 
==Time signatures in Zappa's works==
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*[[The Deathless Horsie]] - 5/4 <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
 
*[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow‎]] - 7/4
 
*[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow‎]] - 7/4
*[[9/8 Objects‎]] - 9/8
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*[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] - 9/4 (4/4 + 5/4) <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
*[[Outside Now‎]] - 11/8 (6+5/8)
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*[[9/8 Objects‎]] - 9/8 <sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
*[[T'Mershi Duween‎]] - 23/24
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*[[Outside Now‎]] - 11/8 (6/8 + 5/8) <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
*[[Five-Five-FIVE]] - repeated sequence of 5/8 + 5/8 + 5/4
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*[[Tink Walks Amok]] - 11/16
*[[Son Of Suzy Creamcheese‎]] - repeated sequence of (4+4+4+4)/4 + (8+9)/8 + (8+9+8+9+8+9)/8 + (8+4+5+6)/8
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*[[Oh No]] - repeated sequence of 4/4 + 3/4
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*[[Five-Five-FIVE]] - repeated sequence of 5/8 + 5/8 + 5/4 <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
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*[[Thirteen]], from [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]] - Played as 4/4 & 5/8.
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*[[Son Of Suzy Creamcheese‎]] - repeated sequence of (4+4+4+4)/4 + (8+9)/8 + (8+9+8+9+8+9)/8 + (8+4+5+6)/8 <sup>[[#Note3|[3]]]</sup>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
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*[[wikipedia:List of musical works with unusual time signature combinations]]
 
*[[wikipedia:List of musical works with unusual time signature combinations]]
 
*[http://dkap.info/oddtime.shtml David Kaplowitz's Odd Time Page]
 
*[http://dkap.info/oddtime.shtml David Kaplowitz's Odd Time Page]
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==Notes==
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#<div id="Note1">From the [[Everything Is Healing Nicely|EIHN]] liner notes.</div>
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#<div id="Note2">From [[The Frank Zappa Guitar Book]]</div>
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#<div id="Note3">"It's four bars of 4/4, one bar 8/8, one bar of 9/8 – OK? And then it goes 8/8, 9/8, 8/8, 9/8, 8/8, 9/8, then it goes 8/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, and back into 4/4 again." — Frank Zappa, ''[[Frank Kofsky interviews FZ]]'', 1969.</div>
  
  
 
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Time signatures in Zappa's works

See Also

Notes

  1. From the EIHN liner notes.
  2. "It's four bars of 4/4, one bar 8/8, one bar of 9/8 – OK? And then it goes 8/8, 9/8, 8/8, 9/8, 8/8, 9/8, then it goes 8/8, 4/8, 5/8, 6/8, and back into 4/4 again." — Frank Zappa, Frank Kofsky interviews FZ, 1969.


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