Comment on What Is the Time Signature of the Ominous Electronic Score of The Terminator?Comments−tunesmith12yUsually it's simple to just count in groups of three and two (or four). This is three threes and a four, so, thirteen.If you want to drill yourself on a bunch of different examples of this - 11, 13, 17, whatever - go listen to Balkan folk music.−andybak12yDon Ellis had a Bulgarian pianist (Milcho Leviev) in his Orchestra for a while and this was one of the glorious outcomes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYtWvavvYgHere's a great blog that used to have regular posts on matters regarding peculiar meters: http://oddtimeobsessed.blogspot.co.uk/
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Usually it's simple to just count in groups of three and two (or four). This is three threes and a four, so, thirteen.
If you want to drill yourself on a bunch of different examples of this - 11, 13, 17, whatever - go listen to Balkan folk music.
Don Ellis had a Bulgarian pianist (Milcho Leviev) in his Orchestra for a while and this was one of the glorious outcomes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUYtWvavvYg
Here's a great blog that used to have regular posts on matters regarding peculiar meters: http://oddtimeobsessed.blogspot.co.uk/