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This one will suit the proper students (and teachers) of the six-string.
I’m wondering how many well-known pop/rock hits out there are not 4/4? Because I’m not very properly “trained” and I don’t do covers; I hadn’t given it much thought. I’ve just joined a choir and suddenly realized how bamboozled I can get if it’s not in 4/4 and I know a lot of better players than I who’ve cheerfully admitted it throws them. Even drum-machine “wubba-wubba-wubba” dance music is 4/4 mostly. I remember a hoo-hah that Adam Clayton and Larry whatsit Jr had changed the TV series Mission:Impossible theme from 5/4 to 4/4 for the M:I film because “people won’t dance to it otherwise”.
So, no mention of Dave Brubeck or obscure, prog-rock “Symphony for guitar, bass and batterie” references. What popular, chart-hit or classic tracks immediately spring to mind that aren’t 4/4? Just wondering out of interest…
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