Ten Eight

10/8 - 2 bars of 5/8? no

10/8 - really 5/4? no

10/8 has a distinctive feel with variations which is much different that 10/4.

Some examples:
"Necro Feel" by MindRape uses the meters 7/8, 5/8, 10/8, 4/4. The 5/8 & 10/8 sections are two distinctive sections both with eight note themes.

"Wandering Child" by Gov’t Mule uses the meters 10/8, 4/4, 8/8, 4/8, 9/8 (+). Over the 10/8 section there is an eight note theme which dominates the first part to the song.

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