BOC: HF time sig fun...SYIB and PUD

Miles Lester lestewm at MAIL.AUBURN.EDU
Fri Mar 27 11:27:24 EST 1998


I think I accidently sent this message out once without my reply.
Anyway, I sent a message out earlier saying that I hadn't seen much insight
into the new HF release from BOC. Well, this is exactly the kind of
messaging that I like to see. I am glad to see an insight into the
time/tempo of the songs. Thanks for the info.

-----Original Message-----
From: StevenTice <StevenTice at AOL.COM>
To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 12:44 AM
Subject: BOC: HF time sig fun...SYIB and PUD


>For those who were wondering, here's the time signature scoop...
>
>See You in Black begins in 11/8, with the verses in alternating measures of
>4/4 and 7/8, and the chorus in 4/4.  The 11/8 pattern returns a time or two
as
>well.
>
>Interestingly, the chorus of Power Underneath Despair is ALSO in
alternating
>bars of 4/4 and 7/8.  Perhaps, since experimentation of this sort is rare
for
>BOC, once they settled upon an odd pattern that suited them they figured
they
>might as well stick with it...:-)
>
>Steven Tice
>



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