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TotalHenshin · 10-14-2009, 07:28 PM

Hi folks. I'm not allowed to post URLs yet, but if you go to youtube and put in "m.i.a. galang" either one of the first or second results should link you to a proper video of the song of which I am speaking. I'm sure most of you have heard this song at one point or another. Regardless of its quality, my friend suggested that this piece was written in common time (4/4), but when I listen to it, it really sounds like 3/4 to me. If I say 1,2,3,4 quicker than how I'm saying 1,2,3, then it starts correctly, but the notes inbetween don't feel right to me. Can you tell me who's right, and if it's my friend, why it doesn't seem to sound right to me?

10-14-2009, 07:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
TotalHenshin Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 52	What's the time signature (meter) in this song? Hi folks. I'm not allowed to post URLs yet, but if you go to youtube and put in "m.i.a. galang" either one of the first or second results should link you to a proper video of the song of which I am speaking. I'm sure most of you have heard this song at one point or another. Regardless of its quality, my friend suggested that this piece was written in common time (4/4), but when I listen to it, it really sounds like 3/4 to me. If I say 1,2,3,4 quicker than how I'm saying 1,2,3, then it starts correctly, but the notes inbetween don't feel right to me. Can you tell me who's right, and if it's my friend, why it doesn't seem to sound right to me?