I was just going through some of the songs on FFR, when I started thinking of this. A lot of people who go clubbing (or otherwise dance often) will probably tell you 4/4 time signatures are easy to dance to, so besides that, which ones in particular trip you up?
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the only 3/4 time signature i can think of on FFR is one minute waltz, except that song doesn't really even follow its time sig. it trips people up in other obvious ways, though. -
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Originally I thought "Below the Horizon" was a 3/4, but then I realized that there were just triplets in that song.Comment
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oh, right. you know that triplets don't match up with the time signature's quarter notes when they are purple. 3/4 time would be neat for FFR songs, though. there could even be transitions in the middles of songs that switched to 3/4 time and then back to 4/4, like in Energizer from ITG2. that would be awesome.Comment
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To tell the truth, I never even once thought about what time signature any FFR or SM song was, ever. Even though, when I was in band, the time signature was always one of the first things I'd look at on a new piece of music.
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Most of the songs here are probably in 4, which would usually mean 4/4 time. A few may not be, I haven't paid close attention. Moonlight Sonata is in 4 (I have the sheet music), but feels like it's in 3 because of the regular triplet patterns. There could be some other songs that feel like they're in a different time signature than they are for similar reasons. Songs could be in something like 6/8 and feel like either 2 (4) or 3, depending on how they're written/played, too. So sometimes it can be a little tricky to get the figure out the exact time signature.
What I usually notice is when the arrows are stepped to a tempo that doesn't match what I hear. I can't remember if it's here on FFR, on step files I've played, or both, but I swear there are some songs that are stepped at either half or twice the speed they should be. This constantly messes me up, especially with color-coded arrows that don't match what I'm expecting.
As far as triplets go, I think the red-purple-purple pattern on quarter note triplets is OK. The quarter note keeps its normal color and the next two are the same because they're splitting the beat at equal intervals. What was harder for me to get used to was the red-yellow-blue pattern (I think) for half note triplets. It took a little time before I realized these were triplets because I was thinking of them as their usual quarter, eighth, and sixteenth note positions. I don't think this quite matches the triplet pattern (in 16ths, it's 3 from red to yellow, 3 from yellow to blue, then 2 from blue to the next red), which may be why I sometimes have trouble timing them right. But maybe it's close enough for here and better than trying to code something for a half note based rhythm. *shrug*Last edited by Dronak; 01-17-2007, 04:03 PM.
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Euthanasia and the end of Balloon Fever are in 7/4.
Also red yellow blue half note triplets are really not triplets, they're just called that because they are close.Last edited by dore; 01-17-2007, 05:36 PM.Comment
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