Who killed 3/4 time?

[Robin, Wales]

It's not quite dead yet.

[warfrat73]

I'm going to blame it on the drummers. Only partially kidding.

[cliff_the_stiff]

Originally Posted by Robin, Wales

It's not quite dead yet.

While Taylor Swift is definitely Pop- and I did just throw some subtle shade on pop a bit earlier in this thread, I think she is an objectively great songwriter.

[HFox]

Jimmy Buffet wrote a great song....'Living and Dying In 3/4 Time"
Look it up...It says it all.
Also check out his song "Nautical Wheelers"......We here in Florida seem to approach life in 3/4 time
A Florida Guy.

[jazzereh]

Still lots of 3/4 to enjoy or 6/8 if you like that feel. I've got tunes in 7 that I like, of course that's with my jazz band.

[D-utim]

Mr. Bojangles

[EZYPIKINS]

Originally Posted by lowrider

You guys who say that you do 20% 3/4 time songs, are any of them new songs?

Only new song I do are my own compositions.

[lowrider]

Originally Posted by D-utim

Mr. Bojangles

Yeah, Jerry Jeff wrote quite a Few in 3/4.

I miss him. We need some new Cosmic Cowboy Music!

[mc1]

Originally Posted by D-utim

Mr. Bojangles

Originally Posted by lowrider

Yeah, Jerry Jeff wrote quite a Few in 3/4.

I miss him. We need some new Cosmic Cowboy Music!

I think D-utim is saying Mr. Bo killed the waltz. Probably during his disco phase.

[The Bard Rocks]

You can't waltz to rock music. And you can't rock out in 3./4 - almost no one knows how to waltz any longer. You don't see it much in Country which is a greater surprise as it is a better fit there than in rock. Songwriter stuff fits 3/4 well and if you stop and listen critically in the right genres, you will find a fair amount of it about.

Now 6/8 - try to find that anywhere other than the Celtic genre. And some of the weird stuff like in Greek and Balkan music or flamenco: that's virtually completely missing elsewhere.

[PHJim]

Originally Posted by cliff_the_stiff

My current favorite composition uses 3/4 (i actually think 6/8, but I struggle to define the difference between them.)
Pop of course uses the 4/4 formula robbing pachabel of his Cannon chord progression: 1, 5, 6, 3, 4,1,4,5.
the people like Cannon in D.

6/8 is jig time - Diddle dee, diddle dee. . . Irish Washerwoman

3/4 is waltz time - Boom chunk chunk, boom chunk chunk. . . Tennessee Waltz

In Irish trad music, sometimes a 9/8 slip jig is played against a 3/4 accompaniment. The Butterfly

I love a good waltz.

[PHJim]

Originally Posted by The Bard Rocks

You can't waltz to rock music. And you can't rock out in 3./4 - almost no one knows how to waltz any longer. You don't see it much in Country which is a greater surprise as it is a better fit there than in rock. Songwriter stuff fits 3/4 well and if you stop and listen critically in the right genres, you will find a fair amount of it about.

Would The Millionaire Waltz by Queen be considered "rock music"?
How about Evangeline by The Band? or Rocket From The Crypt's Ditch Digger?

[mc1]

Originally Posted by PHJim

Would The Millionaire Waltz by Queen be considered "rock music"?
How about Evangeline by The Band? or Rocket From The Crypt's Ditch Digger?

Or "Manic Depression". But these seem to be exceptions to the rule, and only a few rockers are in 3/4 time.

[dwasifar]

"The Other End of the Telescope" by Elvis Costello and Aimee Mann.

[JohnnyT]

I enjoy 3/4 time 75% of the time.....