[Smt-talk] Pop songs with metrically altered transistions

[David Froom]

How about Hendrix's Purple Haze?  At the end of each verse, the last  
line of the verse plus the instrumental turnaround are each truncated  
by one beat.

David Froom
Professor and Chair
St. Mary's College of Maryland

> On 2009-11-27, at 5:44 PM, akolek at music.umass.edu wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm collecting examples of popular songs in which the measure  
>> preceding a
>> sectional transition is extended or truncated by a small duration,  
>> such as a
>> beat or half beat.  An example that comes to mind is Mercyful  
>> Fate's "A
>> Dangerous Meeting," where the measure preceding the third verse is  
>> a half beat
>> shorter than usual.  I'd appreciate suggestions from any genre of  
>> popular music.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Adam J. Kolek
>> Doctoral Candidate
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
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