Oh friends. This holiday season really has me going! I can't get enough of all of the Christmas music and colorful lights (have I mentioned how much I love COLOR?!) and I'm excited to finally get working on Christmas presents!
As I mentioned last week, lots of Christmas music is in the wonderful time signature of 6/8--but today I'm featuring a song with a slightly different rhythm to it ;) My song this week is "Christmas in July" by Sufjan Stevens, and has the happy characteristic of being written in 5/4 and 9/8! The verses are in 5/4, an awesome time signature that always seems to throw my 4/4 brain for a loop, and the chorus is in 9/8, which always feels a bit like 6/8, except somewhat bouncier.
Take a listen!
My point in posting this song this week is mostly to point out this: there are SO many other awesome time signatures than just 4/4! We here at the 6/8 society are obviously quite partial to the awesomeness of 6/8, but I definitely love it when a songwriter takes the time to write a song in a less-used time signature. It seems to me to show a little more thought and creativity, and it sure becomes more interesting to listen to! So get out there, find some songs that are in unusual time signatures, and LOVE them!
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