Changing Meters

[Bill Fox <billyfox@soundscapes.us>]

joe rut wrote:

> johnsrude@peak.org wrote:
>
>> You can actually get the hang of odd meter really fast if you don't 
>> count in
>> numbers but in syllables, which takes advantage of our speech centers.
>
> I have a song on my first album that is an instrumental that goes back 
> and forth between 3/4 + 4/4 (or 7/8), and 6/8. The band could not 
> figure it
> out until I made up nonsense words to sing to it:

Real neat idea.

> "I'm going to the store with my dog = 9 syllables
> I'm going to the store with my puppy doggie = 12 syllables
> My puppy doggie = 5 syllables
> my puppy doggie = 5 syllables
> he is a really spiffy doggie" = 9 syllables

Am I missing something?

Cheers,

Bill