Re: odd time signatures!
One easy way to think of odd times is that they are combinations of 2, 3, & 4 beats. My instructor showed me this as a way to count out and feel odd times, and he got it off of someone well-known, not sure who:
2 beats -Ta ka
3 beats = ta ka da
4 beats = ta ka da ma
When writing songs, saying these out loud will give great ideas for grooves.
So a measure of 11/4, counted 4 3 2 2, could be: ta ka da ma, ta ka da, ta ka, ta ka.
The feel of the Primus song 'Eleven' would be ta ka da, ta ka da, ta ka da, ta ka
And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw. . .
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