Meter Reader
By miraclemiles on November 13, 2022 10:49 pm
Made in response to this week's Disquiet Junto 0567: Three Meters. The Assignment: Make music in 5/8, 6/8, and 7/8 time signatures.
Most of the time I end up making songs in good old 4/4 time, so this sounded like a fun challenge. My instinct was to play in these meters on the drums first. Played some patterns on drums and the tongue drum. Also played vibraphone sounds on the e-drums. Then in Live, converted some of what I physically played to other midi tracks and tried some new sounds. I still think I could find some other sounds to get this to sound like what I want, but time's up for the week. Also played a few other melodies on the Push using various sounds. So I had some parts in those 3 meters, then did some arranging: started in 7, jump to 5, back to 7, middle part in 6, then end with the 5 to 7's again. I found 7 was the hardest to feel and groove in. This was fun to do, I think it inspired me to try and do some other meters more often in the future.
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