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Figureing out time signitutres

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  • 20-12-2005 2:08am
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    Patricide
    Registered Users Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭


    Ok this has been my one problem for AGGGEEEESSS, ever since i picked up the guitar i think.I cant Figure out time signitures for any song and this is really starting to bug me now cause i would really like to be able to to remember my riffs and songs by punching them into guitar pro and i cannot figure out there sigs.Can anyone out there gimmie a hand with this PLEASE!!!


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    eoin5
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    The best way ive found is to tap your foot to the rhythm, and count until it repeats. Try money by pink floyd, you should get 7 taps, that means its in 7/8.


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    BossArky
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    How do you tell the difference between 4/4 and 2/4 from listening? Both can fit in, it just depends how quickly you count. The same for 3/4 and 6/8.

    What about REM's everybody hurts? That can be counted as 3/4 (if you take each picked note as 1)....but also 4/4 (if you take each picked note as the first of three). Do it in your head now to see what I mean.

    I have played all of these time signatures before on piano and saxophone, but still find them awkward to figure out from listening. A lot of the time it is very obvious with 3/4's and 4/4's...but I am talking about the 2/4's and 6/8's here.

    Anyone any ideas?


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