Numb first song in three-four time?
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 1:35 pm
Or has PSB done more songs in three-four time?
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
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Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 1:38 pm
"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 1:40 pm
Well, to be exact Can you forgive her? is in 12/8 tempo.
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 2:36 pm
Well, "Numb" is actuall4 6/8 as well.Alcibiades wrote:"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
"Catastrophe" is also 6/8
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 3:03 pm
How does one 'hear' the difference between 6/8 and 12/8? 
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 3:21 pm
Really? I hear definitely óne two three, óne two three, óne two three. That makes Numb so delicate.rabagast wrote:Well, "Numb" is actuall4 6/8 as well.Alcibiades wrote:"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
"Catastrophe" is also 6/8
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 3:24 pm
One two three four Can You Forgive Her! 4/4 in my viewAlcibiades wrote:"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 3:56 pm
It goes:diana wrote:One two three four Can You Forgive Her! 4/4 in my viewAlcibiades wrote:"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
Ask (one - two - three)
Your (four - five - six)
Self (seven - eight - nine)
Now (ten - eleven - twelve)
therefore 12/8!
Imagine a sped-up version of 'House of the Rising Sun'.
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 4:26 pm
Ok, I believe you.Alcibiades wrote:It goes:diana wrote:One two three four Can You Forgive Her! 4/4 in my viewAlcibiades wrote:"Can you forgive her?" of course!
Although that's probably 6/8 rather than 3/4.
Ask (one - two - three)
Your (four - five - six)
Self (seven - eight - nine)
Now (ten - eleven - twelve)
therefore 12/8!
Imagine a sped-up version of 'House of the Rising Sun'.
Therefore it is not like Numb. Is it the only song in one two three?
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 5:00 pm
House! What do I win?
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 5:49 pm
Three cd's with waltzes from Johann Strauss.ArseSpanker wrote:House! What do I win?
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 8:07 pm
Great. Just what I need.
Posted: Sat 03 Jun 2006, 9:14 pm
So you agree that this Sherlock Holmes has found out that Numb is the only three-four time song in PSB-history?ArseSpanker wrote:Great. Just what I need.
Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 9:52 am
That's interesting because I've been thinking about this before (maybe because I'm a musician who plays sheet music). Pet Shop Boys has NEVER written a song in 3/4 waltz tempo! I believe that "Love is a catastrophe" was the first one, although it might be written as 6/8 you can count 1-2-3 on it. The same goes for "Numb", and ironically that's a song they didn't write themselves.diana wrote:So you agree that this Sherlock Holmes has found out that Numb is the only three-four time song in PSB-history?ArseSpanker wrote:Great. Just what I need.
To me, "Can you forgive her" has never been anything else than a regular 4/4 pop soung - although it's possible to count it as Alcibiades suggests, but that's to complicate it.
Maybe we will hear more waltz numbers from the Boys in the future?
Posted: Sun 04 Jun 2006, 10:36 am
Yesss! More waltzes in the house-music!Hillbilly wrote:
Maybe we will hear more waltz numbers from the Boys in the future?