jamesbm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Robin told me that he composed it as a 5 bar "obstacle course". Hence the title Pentacourse.4/4, 11/8, 4/4, 5/8, 4/4You can obviously count it in a number of different ways but the bass line falls in place nicely with his format.

jazzpsalti (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I've played this tune before... it's a ton of composite sigs, though when I play it I do it the way prog rockers do, and feel the quarter as long as the phrase will allow. Thinking in terms of all those sigs is useful, but my phrasing opened right up when I saw it as blocks of with periodic hiccoughs

JonahL (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I counted 4/8 10/8 5/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 9/8. It might be wrong but I know it works.

windtalker70 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

your right... the ultimate win

morpholino (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

4/4|5/4|5/4|11/8 in that order but because the drummer is delineating the melody it makes him sorta fall on the upbeat before reaching(?) or beginning the bar and that tends to throw you off but if you just count by playing alternating eigth notes with your hands, the above meter should work. Disclaimer: for those that hate for no apparent reason I tell you now I'm not an authority in this and I may be wrong.

bobilleg74 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I've never been able to work it iut either!

oober349 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

thank you

myark55 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

what's the meter to this tune?

jazzpsalti (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

OMG, 2:45. for the win

jamesbm (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I put Robin's videos up on youtube. I asked him about your question and he said that he plays the low F in 6th simply because he tries not to be dependent on the trigger, all the time. He uses the trigger for F most of the time, however.