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#560: Christ, Mighty Savior
Dec. 20th, 2018 08:20 pmWhat is the time signature?
4.5/4.
You mean 9/8 right? If every measure consists of nine eighth notes, then you group them into groups of three, so you're really feeling three medium beats to every measure, each medium beat which consists of three small beats.
I'm aware of how that works, but these aren't grouped into dotted eighth notes. They're quarter notes and eighth notes adding up to 4.5 quarter notes every measure.
That's wild!
I know, right? But it works! Super cool.
So is that like some ancient music from a different culture?
Not really. I mean, the music was written in the 1980s, but the lyrics is based on a Mozarabic text from the 10th century.
Mozarabic?
Iberian Peninsula under Muslim leadership.
Did you look that up on Wikipedia?
Absolutely.
4.5/4.
You mean 9/8 right? If every measure consists of nine eighth notes, then you group them into groups of three, so you're really feeling three medium beats to every measure, each medium beat which consists of three small beats.
I'm aware of how that works, but these aren't grouped into dotted eighth notes. They're quarter notes and eighth notes adding up to 4.5 quarter notes every measure.
That's wild!
I know, right? But it works! Super cool.
So is that like some ancient music from a different culture?
Not really. I mean, the music was written in the 1980s, but the lyrics is based on a Mozarabic text from the 10th century.
Mozarabic?
Iberian Peninsula under Muslim leadership.
Did you look that up on Wikipedia?
Absolutely.
