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*[[The Deathless Horsie]] - 5/4 <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup> | *[[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 | ||
| + | *[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] - 9/4 (4/4 + 5/4) <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup> | ||
*[[9/8 Objects]] - 9/8 <sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup> | *[[9/8 Objects]] - 9/8 <sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup> | ||
| − | *[[Outside Now]] - 11/8 (6/8 + 5/8) | + | *[[Outside Now]] - 11/8 (6/8 + 5/8) <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup> |
| − | + | *[[Tink Walks Amok]] - 11/16 | |
| + | *[[Oh No]] - repeated sequence of 4/4 + 3/4 | ||
*[[Five-Five-FIVE]] - repeated sequence of 5/8 + 5/8 + 5/4 <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup> | *[[Five-Five-FIVE]] - repeated sequence of 5/8 + 5/8 + 5/4 <sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup> | ||
| + | *[[Thirteen]], from [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6]] - Played as 4/4 & 5/8. | ||
*[[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> | *[[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> | ||
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Time signatures in Zappa's works
- The Deathless Horsie - 5/4 [2]
- Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - 7/4
- Watermelon In Easter Hay - 9/4 (4/4 + 5/4) [2]
- 9/8 Objects - 9/8 [1]
- Outside Now - 11/8 (6/8 + 5/8) [2]
- Tink Walks Amok - 11/16
- Oh No - repeated sequence of 4/4 + 3/4
- Five-Five-FIVE - repeated sequence of 5/8 + 5/8 + 5/4 [2]
- Thirteen, from You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 - Played as 4/4 & 5/8.
- 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 [3]
See Also
- wikipedia:Time signature
- wikipedia:List of musical works in unusual time signatures
- wikipedia:List of musical works with unusual time signature combinations
- David Kaplowitz's Odd Time Page
Notes
- From the EIHN liner notes.
- "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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