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Re: Re: POLYRHYTHMIC COUNTERPOINT



Hello,

What part of Tubular Bell's are we talking about here?
> 
> 
>    Per Boysen wrote:
> > Another one was Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells; the first theme. 
> > Let's see... it must be 15/16. And that record was a chart topper 
> > and top seller for months!
> 
> Yeah, wow, how could I have forgotten that famous big seller!
> 
> I count it as 30/8
> divided   7/8 (2+3+3) + 7/8 (2+2+3) 7/8 (2+2+3) + 9/8 (2+2+3+2)
> 
> It might sound like splitting hairs, but the time signature is generally
> written according to the phrasing

>



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