I sat in the back seat while my dad watched with delight as the Butcher tried to figure out the time signature to this song as we were driving along. I wish I had a picture to show you how carefully they were listening and how the way their necks arched to give their ears the best position said something to me about love and music I don’t know quite how to explain to you. I love how, at one point, the drum sticks sound like a clacking computer keyboard.
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7/4
or 7/8
One way or another, it’s in 7, which is not one of those time signatures that comes naturally to most of us.
It seems like just about everything Brubeck did is in 5 or 7 for just that reason.
Oooooh, it’s a ruchenitsa.
Music geeks! I love it!!!!
Brubeck was great. Don Ellis was better.
Yep, 7/4. Just for an odd comparison, the same meter as Pink Floyd’s “Money.” I feel a medley comin’ on!
7/16, actually.