time signature
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From its 1974 debut album to 2015, when the band played a farewell show at the Forum, Rush was the standard-bearer for elaborate, multi-part songs full of falsetto hollers, time signature changes and drum solos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
“It made me feel just terrible, because my music is not that easy to play. A song like ‘Promises, Promises’ changes time signature in almost every bar.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
But a typical Bacharach composition was rhythmically complex, often wrong-footing the listener with sudden changes of time signature and irregular phrasing.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2023
The filmmakers reflected on how those musicians in the small mountain town of Barichara strummed guitars and the region’s 12-string tiple in a waltz time signature.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2021
If a measure or group of measures has more or fewer beats, the time signature must change.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
