Love it!
Darius Christopher Dunlap
Half Moon Bay, CA, USA
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On Feb 11, 2022, 2:38 PM -0800, Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Yeah, the 5/4 is more a thing for musicians. Basically, there is (literally)
almost no music written where you can count
one-two-three-four-five-one-two-three-four-five, on the beat, and the music
divides out evenly that way. The theme to "Mission: Impossible" and the Dave
Brubeck piece "Take Five" are two of the best known examples. Each of those
pieces emphasizes that there's an "extra beat" in the music, giving it an
off-kilter feel.
If you do a search on YouTube for "5/4 music", you'll find videos about those
two pieces, possibly including Holtz's "Mars", and a Taylor Swift song, and
that's it. There just isn't anything else (there is, but it's super rare).
You will also find multiple videos from professional musicians literally
explaining why you can't write music in 5/4. They'll tell you it's uneven,
and therefore inherently unmusical. It will always feel like it has an extra
beat.
I disagree with them. I have around 100 song starts waiting to be worked on
that disagree as well. I spent all last year doing nothing but five-count
music. I'm really practiced up.
My music now is more an attempt to find "natural" melodies that break down
into fives instead of fours, against the common wisdom, and this piece is an
example of that. If you try to count it like you would a "normal" piece,
one-two-three-four-one-two-three-four, you'll rapidly find yourself getting
off-sequence. But at the same time, I don't think it sounds like it has an
extra beat, except maybe in the bass line right in the very beginning; once
the brass moves in, though, I don't think it's noticeable any longer.
I don't know how many more I'll finish, but as I finish I'll be posting them
to that channel.
Scott
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 1:32 PM Jeanne Vaughn <jeanne.vaughn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I really liked it, even though I didn't get the 5/4 thing.
It reminded me of club music a million decades ago. And I still have it
running in my head. :)
Jeanne
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 11:00 AM Mr. Ransom <mr.ransom@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://youtu.be/sTm56F6I__0
I have made a new video. It is NOT a video game video. It's
something much more unusual.
Count to five.
Scott
