Comments on: Hypermeter in “The Christian Life” http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/ popular music theory, analysis, and criticism Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:52:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dan http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-3721 Dan Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:52:44 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-3721 Hey this looks really interesting. I'm not entirely sure what a hyper meter is... is it having a chord progression reversed the second time? Thanks for this blog Dan Hey this looks really interesting. I’m not entirely sure what a hyper meter is… is it having a chord progression reversed the second time?

Thanks for this blog
Dan

]]> By: trevordeclercq http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-9 trevordeclercq Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:13:27 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-9 I was first. I was first.

]]> By: Christian http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-8 Christian Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:51:11 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-8 Coincidence??? One of my favorite music blogs, "Aquarium Drunkard," has just posted about <a href="http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">"The Christian Life."</a> Coincidence???

One of my favorite music blogs, “Aquarium Drunkard,” has just posted about “The Christian Life.”

]]> By: Christian http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-6 Christian Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:21:10 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-6 One less desirable option would be to link to the Amazon.com sound files: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002AHB001003/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_003/105-5124200-7926845" rel="nofollow">"The Christian Life" - The Byrds</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000002U45001003/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_003/104-2744696-3531955" rel="nofollow">"The Christian Life" - The Louvin Brothers</a> I say "less desirable" because you cannot rely on Amazon.com to post audio clips that contain a specific, crucial portion of a song that you are talking about. But in this case I think you will hear the hypermeter! Yet another helpful feature would be linking to the entire albums, either on Amazon.com or iTunes. Lastly, check out <a href="http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Aquarium Drunkard</a>, a popular music blog. They post full songs all of the time with the text "Disclaimer: Files are available for a limited time only. Email me direct for immediate removal." I think you will find some fun downloads on Aquarium Drunkard. They have posted rare, live Neil Young a couple of times, for example. One less desirable option would be to link to the Amazon.com sound files:

“The Christian Life” - The Byrds

“The Christian Life” - The Louvin Brothers

I say “less desirable” because you cannot rely on Amazon.com to post audio clips that contain a specific, crucial portion of a song that you are talking about. But in this case I think you will hear the hypermeter!

Yet another helpful feature would be linking to the entire albums, either on Amazon.com or iTunes.

Lastly, check out Aquarium Drunkard, a popular music blog. They post full songs all of the time with the text “Disclaimer: Files are available for a limited time only. Email me direct for immediate removal.”

I think you will find some fun downloads on Aquarium Drunkard. They have posted rare, live Neil Young a couple of times, for example.

]]> By: trevordeclercq http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-5 trevordeclercq Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:05:10 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-5 Thanks, Xtian. I was on the fence about how technical to make the discussions. I definitely don't want it to sound like I'm writing a boring academic essay (since I write boring academic essays all the time), but I didn't want to have to dumb down the terminology too much or have to explain simple concepts. I think anybody with a bit of formal music training will understand what I'm talking about, and even just good ol' rockers like yourself should be able to get the gist. The point about mp3 samples is crucial. I really would like to include audio files. I doubt anyone would consider it "fair use" though unless I edited files, which could be a pain. Maybe it's worth doing. Perhaps when I have more time, I could just do the snippets of the parts I'm talking about. It is nice to hear the whole song, too, of course. None of these things have much meaning out of context. But, yeah, little audio fragments might be good.... Thanks, Xtian. I was on the fence about how technical to make the discussions. I definitely don’t want it to sound like I’m writing a boring academic essay (since I write boring academic essays all the time), but I didn’t want to have to dumb down the terminology too much or have to explain simple concepts. I think anybody with a bit of formal music training will understand what I’m talking about, and even just good ol’ rockers like yourself should be able to get the gist.

The point about mp3 samples is crucial. I really would like to include audio files. I doubt anyone would consider it “fair use” though unless I edited files, which could be a pain. Maybe it’s worth doing. Perhaps when I have more time, I could just do the snippets of the parts I’m talking about. It is nice to hear the whole song, too, of course. None of these things have much meaning out of context. But, yeah, little audio fragments might be good….

]]> By: Christian http://www.midside.com/2006/12/06/christian_life/#comment-4 Christian Wed, 06 Dec 2006 16:15:06 +0000 http://www.midside.com/blog/?p=3#comment-4 Hey Trev, Great first post. "One concept from music theory is that all non-duple hypermeters arise from some duple prototype." Well, duh! Ha, ha, ha. Seriously, most of this deeper music theory stuff is over my head, though I understand the basic concept of what you've written. Hey, it would be great if you could include mp3 song samples here. It might be considered "fair use," since you appear to be writing this for analytic, scholarly purposes. Keep up the good work. Christian Hey Trev,

Great first post. “One concept from music theory is that all non-duple hypermeters arise from some duple prototype.” Well, duh! Ha, ha, ha.

Seriously, most of this deeper music theory stuff is over my head, though I understand the basic concept of what you’ve written.

Hey, it would be great if you could include mp3 song samples here. It might be considered “fair use,” since you appear to be writing this for analytic, scholarly purposes.

Keep up the good work.

Christian

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