Showing posts with label Gentle Giant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gentle Giant. Show all posts

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Obsessing 7 with Gentle Giant - Black Cat

Forty one years ago this juicy prog-ness was bestowed to the underground astute musical masses. Back then, odd meter was more in vogue, or I should say hip, going by their own riffs.

As you can see, the transcription begins with 7/8 and if you would like to see all of the pages the link is available in the notes on youtube. The majority of the song is in 7 with breaks in 3,4,5 & 6. The transcription is from an eighth note point of view, but I feel it more as quarter notes. This is where it might get tricky - is it 7/8 or 7/4? I say 7/4. Why? Because first and foremost is the feel. We can start with the tempo, how fast does it feel? Well at first listen I would say moderate, its actually 114 bpm. So does a quarter note equal 114 bpm (7/4) or an eighth note equal 114 bpm (7/8)? This subject I would say is slightly subjective. So I hear it as moderate tempo, so would call it then 7/4. But really whats more important here is the cool cat bass line...


Sevenly,
BetZe13
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Bad Plus in NINE

Well keeping with the nine theme, here are some samples of 9/8. I just love what these guys do with NINE.

Bad Plus off of their 'Prog' Album

Lovin NINE,
-BetZe13
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Zappa and Gentle Giant This Week

This week Zappa and Gentle Giant will be featured on Odd Time Obsessed Internet Radio
Tune in this week to hear selections from...
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Chunga's Revenge
Zoots Allures
Hot Rats
Joe's Garage Pt 1&2
Sheik Yerbouti
You Are What You Is
One Size Fits All
Strictly Commercial
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch
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Octopus
Three Friends
Acquiring the Taste
Check it out -

Keepin' it ODD,
-B
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