[LAU] [Absolutely OT] - for musicians only

[Danni Coy]

> To drift even farther off topic: I've noticed that people who do not have
> formal music schooling tend towards chromaticism, and make it work in
> interesting ways. Speaking of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett didn't have any music
> schooling, and "Interstellar Overdrive" is highly chromatic. As are a lot of
> Radiohead songs-- no music school for Thom Yorke (Jonny Greenwood was the
> only member who had music training). I was stunned some years ago to find
> out that the progression of the verses of "Morning Bell" was A  Also, a
> friend and I learned "Pyramid Song" years ago, charted it out, and
> discovered it's actually in 4/4: the phrases are highly syncopated but they
> add up to 8 (IIRC) bars of 4.
>
>
That's interesting - I Ran that song through Sonic Visualiser last year -
and to me it seems as if the percussion is in 4/4 but the piano part repeats
mostly over 22/8 (11/4) but sometimes 10/4... When I broke down the part
into separate phrases I got 7/8, 6/8, 5/8, 4/8. I placed the output of Sonic
Visualiser on a grid which seemed to match perfectly and given the name I am
inclined to think that this is what is going on. It's a very interesting and
contentious song and I could very well be wrong - but that is my theory
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