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Old 11-03-2009, 11:40 AM   #2745 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TotalHenshin View Post
I'm sure many of you have heard 15 Step by Radiohead. If not, you need to fix that immediately. For those who have, I present a query. It seems like it's pretty official that this song is in 5/4, but I'm counting it in common time (4/4). At 0:42 (MP3), when the chorus starts, it seems the guitar is in common time. That doesn't necessarily mean the rest of the music is, because this is Radiohead we're talking about. Still, I'm not a music major, so can someone tell me where this 5/4 beat is? The opening bass "thumps" don't really seem to give a 5/4 beat either.
I actually think its hard to count it in anything but 5/4. It's a quick tempo. Even the guitar part only seems to fit in 5/4 since each chord lasts for 5 beats. If you want me to make a video to count it out, I can do that; it is a little hard to explain through text, but I would love to help explain if I could.
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