December02 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I'm racking my brain trying to think of Britney songs that are not in 4/4 time signature. I can only think of Private Show, which is 6/8 time. Anybody know any others? I have a pop music theory class in university and it's made me somewhat curious, but I think she almost always goes 4/4. Update: apparently womanizer and rader are in 12/8 time according to the internet Link to comment
MissSpearsSaysSo Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Can you explain a bit what you’re talking about I’m sure that many people here, myself included, would love to learn more about this. Link to comment
December02 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 8 minutes ago, MissSpearsSaysSo said: Can you explain a bit what you’re talking about I’m sure that many people here, myself included, would love to learn more about this. Sure! So 4/4 is what most pop songs are and they have 4 beats (4 quarter notes) in a measure. So when you're tapping along to it you can count 1-2-3-4 within one measure and that patterns remains through the song. With like private show for example, it's 6/8 time so there are 6 eigth notes that are divided into two sets of 3. So you can count 1-2-3 1-2-3 in one measure and that pattern continues. There are other types of time signatures, but I was just wondering if anybody knows others that aren't the standard 4/4. Sorry if I butchered the explanation. Link to comment
Mc54 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Most if not all her singles are in common times. 4/4 Link to comment
Isla Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 1 hour ago, December02 said: Sure! So 4/4 is what most pop songs are and they have 4 beats (4 quarter notes) in a measure. So when you're tapping along to it you can count 1-2-3-4 within one measure and that patterns remains through the song. With like private show for example, it's 6/8 time so there are 6 eigth notes that are divided into two sets of 3. So you can count 1-2-3 1-2-3 in one measure and that pattern continues. There are other types of time signatures, but I was just wondering if anybody knows others that aren't the standard 4/4. Sorry if I butchered the explanation. Still confused haha. I never did well in music at school. Link to comment
ICouldntThinkOfOne Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Shadow is 6/8 I think, but very few else. Link to comment
Iexpectyouto Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Interesting thread Link to comment
BattleBoy Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Shadow is also in 3/4 like Private Show, the others are pretty much 4/4. Maybe some of the unreleased tracks that I haven't paid much attention to Link to comment
The_Original_Toy Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 isn't the hook up 2/2? Link to comment
PokemonSpears Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I can't think of any, all that comes to my mind are in 4/4 Link to comment
popprison Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I almost understood this but don't. When I do the counts during a song, it doesn't fit. Link to comment
Anita d*ck Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, popprison said: I almost understood this but don't. When I do the counts during a song, it doesn't fit. Me too I tried it, didn't fit either, no wonder I had such bad grades in music class Is there a reason why 4/4 is the norm for a lot of pop songs? Link to comment
fnfurter Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 10 hours ago, December02 said: Sure! So 4/4 is what most pop songs are and they have 4 beats (4 quarter notes) in a measure. So when you're tapping along to it you can count 1-2-3-4 within one measure and that patterns remains through the song. With like private show for example, it's 6/8 time so there are 6 eigth notes that are divided into two sets of 3. So you can count 1-2-3 1-2-3 in one measure and that pattern continues. There are other types of time signatures, but I was just wondering if anybody knows others that aren't the standard 4/4. Sorry if I butchered the explanation. OH, so the beginning of the song (I'm using the Private Show example) you go 1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1... 2... 3? (I mean to say the last "doo-doo-doo" can be three counts as well, but its slower?) Is that right? Or no? Link to comment
overprotectedd Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 20 minutes ago, popprison said: I almost understood this but don't. When I do the counts during a song, it doesn't fit. 5 minutes ago, Anita **** said: Me too I tried it, didn't fit either, no wonder I had such bad grades in music class Is there a reason why 4/4 is the norm for a lot of pop songs? Listen to the 4 hits before the songs starts (while she says It's Britney *****) That's the pattern that remains throughout the whole song. Link to comment
BrittonJeanSpears Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 10 hours ago, December02 said: Sure! So 4/4 is what most pop songs are and they have 4 beats (4 quarter notes) in a measure. So when you're tapping along to it you can count 1-2-3-4 within one measure and that patterns remains through the song. With like private show for example, it's 6/8 time so there are 6 eigth notes that are divided into two sets of 3. So you can count 1-2-3 1-2-3 in one measure and that pattern continues. There are other types of time signatures, but I was just wondering if anybody knows others that aren't the standard 4/4. Sorry if I butchered the explanation. So now I wanna know this for ALL of her songs. Link to comment
Super Mods SlayOut Posted October 17, 2017 Super Mods Share Posted October 17, 2017 3, because it’s in 3/3 to keep the theme going. Link to comment
resky Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 you can check that here: http://www.musicnotes.com/search/go?w=britney+spears&from=header (And 3 is 4/4... whaaat?) Link to comment
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