Post by Mark RaePost by NewsgroupsPost by Mark RaeYou're certainly not a true fan if you think that the Apocalypse
keyboard solo is in 4/4...
But much of it is arguably in 12/8, which, felt in pulses of 4, can
elicit some forgiveness for anyone who feels triplets in 4/4 when
listening.
I can't agree with that - I've never heard it (nor played it!) in
anything other than 9/8...
Then you don't know how to count. Actually, not all of the keyboard
solo is in 4/4 (there are several places where I count a few bars of
7/8), but two major sections clearly are; Banks said so himself in an
article I read many years ago (sorry, I don't have a cite). You don't
have to believe me; just refer to this video:
Beginning at 7:22 Tony plays a full 17 bars of sixteenth notes that can
clearly be counted as 4/4, culminated by Phil bringing the band to the
bridge of the next section with a big fill (in 4/4, btw). Tony then
falls into 9/8 with the rest of the band as they lead into the next
section where the guitar and drums drop out (at 8:35 in the video); at
this point Tony begins playing in 4/4 once again while Rutherford pulses
the underlying 9/8 on the bass. If you don't hear the keyboard playing
4/4 in those sections then you're "deef" and you don't deserve to be
telling this drummer of 37+ years how to count rhythms.
There. Does that make me a true fan?
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